Believe in something larger than yourself … to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.
BARBARA BUSHYou have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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Libraries have always seemed like the richest places in the world to me, and I?ve done some of my best learning and thinking thanks to them. Libraries and librarians have definitely changed my life ? and the lives of countless other Americans.
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I think the country has had enough Bushes.
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
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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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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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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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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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Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
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I’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
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I’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.
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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 love talking to people, but what I really love is to feel you’re doing something instead of sitting home and twiddling your thumbs.
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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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At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.
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