I’m not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
BARBARA BUSHYou know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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 want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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. . . learning never ends, and as we enter the next century, it will be more and more important for all Americans to be lifelong learners. . . . every one of us can contribute in some way to a better-educated America.
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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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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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There are a lot of ways to serve, and being president is not the only one, and I would hope that someone else would run.
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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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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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I’m a little old-fashioned.
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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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Why be afraid of what people will say? Those who care about you will say, Good luck! and those who care only about themselves will never say anything worth listening to anyway.
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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you’re not going to change each other’s minds. It’s a waste of your time and my time.
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Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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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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