I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
BARBARA BUSHI mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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My worst expectations never happened.
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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.
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I’m a little old-fashioned.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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I’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
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You have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
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You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.
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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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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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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don’t miss it at all.
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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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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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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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