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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.

Barbara Bush

I think a lot of our problems are because people don’t listen to our children. It is not always easy. They’re not always so brilliant that you want to spend hours with them. But it is very important to listen to them.
BARBARA BUSH

Children Loss Thinking
One thing I can say about George… he may not be able to keep a job, but he’s not boring.
BARBARA BUSH

Boredom Jobs May
The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
BARBARA BUSH

Doe First Matter
My worst expectations never happened.
BARBARA BUSH

Expectations Happened Worst
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.
BARBARA BUSH

Book House White
But why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it’s gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it’s not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?
BARBARA BUSH

Beautiful Mean War
I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
BARBARA BUSH

Abortion Choices Hate
My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
BARBARA BUSH

Bad Boys Right Son
Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
BARBARA BUSH

Country Nancy People Perfectionist
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.’
BARBARA BUSH

Discipline Shapes Writing
I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
BARBARA BUSH

Complicated Country Mean
If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.
BARBARA BUSH

President Thinking Wife
I’m tired now of the elections.
BARBARA BUSH

Election Tired
If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.
BARBARA BUSH

Basketball Dull Weakness
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.
BARBARA BUSH

Family House White
I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
BARBARA BUSH

Dirty Hate Naughty

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