Describing life out of the public eye to David Letterman, December 6th, 1996 It’s been different. I started driving again. I started cooking again. My driving’s better than my cooking. George has discovered Sam’s Club.
BARBARA BUSHThe 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.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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I’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.
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There are a lot of ways to serve, and being president is not the only one, and I would hope that someone else would run.
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George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
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I’m a liberal when it comes to human rights, the poor; so’s George Bush. . . . But Liberal and Conservative don’t mean much to me anymore. Does that mean we care about people and are interested and want to help? And if that makes you a Liberal, so be it.
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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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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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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 tired now of the elections.
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I’m not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don’t think I’m competitive, just nice.
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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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I’m a little old-fashioned.
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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 can’t tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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