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 BUSHI want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
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I don’t think that’s healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else’s.
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You get nothing done if you don’t listen to each other.
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You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.
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I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
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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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Whatever the era…one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first.
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You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.
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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’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
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Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
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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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Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They’re working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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