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.
BARBARA BUSHAs if we don’t have enough volence on television. After her husband accidentally hit two spectators with golf balls during a celebrity golf tournament.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.
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I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people – your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.
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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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Whether 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.
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George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
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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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Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
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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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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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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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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 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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The home is the child’s first school, the parent is the child’s first teacher, and reading is the child’s first subject.
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