I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
BARBARA BUSHWhere will our country find leaders with integrity, courage, strength-all the family values-in ten, twenty, or thirty years? The answer is that you are teaching them, loving them, and raising them right now.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
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It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it’s a family thing, and I guess it’s clean.
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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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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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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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Whether you are talking about education, career, or service, you are talking about life. And life must really have joy. It’s supposed to be fun.
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If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.
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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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Show me a wife who doesn’t offer advice and I’ll show you one who doesn’t care very much.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.
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I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.
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I’m a liberal when it comes to human rights, the poor; so’s George Bush. . . . But Liberal and Conservative don’t mean much to me anymore. Does that mean we care about people and are interested and want to help? And if that makes you a Liberal, so be it.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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