The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
BARBARA BUSHWhether 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.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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Believe in something larger than yourself … to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.
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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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Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.
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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 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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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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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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But why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it’s gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it’s not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?
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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 do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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One thing I can say about George… he may not be able to keep a job, but he’s not boring.
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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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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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