The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society’s dream, her own personal dream.
BARBARA BUSHI’m not saying to be happy you must be married. Nor am I saying that to be happy you need children. I’m saying that if you opt for children – be you man or woman – you have to take care of them.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that’s how I kept track of what was going on.
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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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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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I think the country has had enough Bushes.
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If more people could read, write, and comprehend, we could be much closer to solving so many of the other problems our country faces today.
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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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If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.
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I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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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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To this day George Sr. is the soft touch and I’m the enforcer. I’m the one who writes them a letter and says ‘Shape up!’ He writes, ‘You’re marvelous.’
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Whatever the era…one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first.
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You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
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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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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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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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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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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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Show me a wife who doesn’t offer advice and I’ll show you one who doesn’t care very much.
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I’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.
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You have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
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I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
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I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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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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I really loved living in the White House, but I don’t miss it at all.
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