Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
BARBARA BUSHYou try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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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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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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You have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
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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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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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If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.
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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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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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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 Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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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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I’m a great believer that the most important years are the sort of early years but the preschool years and then into the first and second grades. If you get a good base in the first and second grade and you can read, you can do anything.
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And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.
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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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