At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.
BARBARA BUSHRaising George Walker was not easy.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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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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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
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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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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
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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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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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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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I’m not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
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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 think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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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.
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