The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
BARBARA BUSHThe 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.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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I don’t think that’s healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else’s.
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Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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As if we don’t have enough volence on television. After her husband accidentally hit two spectators with golf balls during a celebrity golf tournament.
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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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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Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
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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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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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You can’t tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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One thing I can say about George… he may not be able to keep a job, but he’s not boring.
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I’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.
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Believe in something larger than yourself … to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.
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Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life’s blood . . . but everyone has something to give.
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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.
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I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
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Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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You have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
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I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.
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Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They’re working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.
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I’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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