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 BUSHPeople who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
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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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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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Three publishers came to me at the White House after George lost and said, ‘We would like to publish your book.’ I said, ‘Well, I don’t have a book,’ and they said well it’s a well known fact that you have kept diaries.
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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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My worst expectations never happened.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don’t miss it at all.
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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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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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I’m a little old-fashioned.
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Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
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Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
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