I’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.
BARBARA BUSHThere are a lot of ways to serve, and being president is not the only one, and I would hope that someone else would run.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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Your success as a family… our success as a nation… depends not on what happens inside the White House, but on what happens inside your house.
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Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people – your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.
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I don’t like attacking.
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I think the country has had enough Bushes.
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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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I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
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. . . learning never ends, and as we enter the next century, it will be more and more important for all Americans to be lifelong learners. . . . every one of us can contribute in some way to a better-educated America.
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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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I mean you can learn how to build a bullet or build a gun or build a bomb on the Internet.
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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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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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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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You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
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You have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
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