Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life’s blood . . . but everyone has something to give.
BARBARA BUSHI’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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To this day George Sr. is the soft touch and I’m the enforcer. I’m the one who writes them a letter and says ‘Shape up!’ He writes, ‘You’re marvelous.’
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You get nothing done if you don’t listen to each other.
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I think a lot of our problems are because people don’t listen to our children. It is not always easy. They’re not always so brilliant that you want to spend hours with them. But it is very important to listen to them.
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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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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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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’m not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don’t think I’m competitive, just nice.
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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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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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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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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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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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The home is the child’s first school, the parent is the child’s first teacher, and reading is the child’s first subject.
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I’m not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
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