You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
BARBARA BUSHBias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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You get nothing done if you don’t listen to each other.
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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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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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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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I really loved living in the White House, but I don’t miss it at all.
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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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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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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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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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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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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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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 want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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