You have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
BARBARA BUSHThe First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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Why be afraid of what people will say? Those who care about you will say, Good luck! and those who care only about themselves will never say anything worth listening to anyway.
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Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
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I’m not saying to be happy you must be married. Nor am I saying that to be happy you need children. I’m saying that if you opt for children – be you man or woman – you have to take care of them.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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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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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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And who knows? Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the President’s spouse. I wish him well!
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I’m not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
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I’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
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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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Your success as a family… our success as a nation… depends not on what happens inside the White House, but on what happens inside your house.
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I’m not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don’t think I’m competitive, just nice.
BARBARA BUSH







