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.
BARBARA BUSHAt 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.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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Where will our country find leaders with integrity, courage, strength-all the family values-in ten, twenty, or thirty years? The answer is that you are teaching them, loving them, and raising them right now.
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The darn trouble with cleaning the house is it gets dirty the next day anyway, so skip a week if you have to. The children are the most important thing.
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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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I’m not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don’t miss it at all.
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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 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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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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Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
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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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Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
BARBARA BUSH