I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
BARBARA BUSHI mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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I think the country has had enough Bushes.
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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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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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The state dinner is almost a formula, but you try to make it interesting. You try not to overload it with too many political types. You try to get a cross section.
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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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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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Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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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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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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I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
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I’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
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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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George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
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Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
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You get nothing done if you don’t listen to each other.
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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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Where will our country find leaders with integrity, courage, strength-all the family values-in ten, twenty, or thirty years? The answer is that you are teaching them, loving them, and raising them right now.
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Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
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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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I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it’s a family thing, and I guess it’s clean.
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I’m taking a vow not to advise.
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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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I’m a great believer that the most important years are the sort of early years but the preschool years and then into the first and second grades. If you get a good base in the first and second grade and you can read, you can do anything.
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