If more people could read, write, and comprehend, we could be much closer to solving so many of the other problems our country faces today.
BARBARA BUSHMy worst expectations never happened.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
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But why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it’s gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it’s not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?
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I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people – your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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I think a lot of our problems are because people don’t listen to our children. It is not always easy. They’re not always so brilliant that you want to spend hours with them. But it is very important to listen to them.
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You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.
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The state dinner is almost a formula, but you try to make it interesting. You try not to overload it with too many political types. You try to get a cross section.
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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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Whatever the era…one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first.
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