Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
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 mean you can learn how to build a bullet or build a gun or build a bomb on the Internet.
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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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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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It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that’s how I kept track of what was going on.
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Describing life out of the public eye to David Letterman, December 6th, 1996 It’s been different. I started driving again. I started cooking again. My driving’s better than my cooking. George has discovered Sam’s Club.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society’s dream, her own personal dream.
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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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You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.
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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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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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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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Life has changed enormously, and I hope – I hope more people read good things.
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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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You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.
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I’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.
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