Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
BARBARA BUSHI married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society’s dream, her own personal dream.
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You can’t tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
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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 mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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I’m taking a vow not to advise.
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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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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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I’m not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
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If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.
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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.
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Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
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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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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.
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