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 BUSHShow me a wife who doesn’t offer advice and I’ll show you one who doesn’t care very much.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
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Believe in something larger than yourself … to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.
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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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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 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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The darn trouble with cleaning the house is it gets dirty the next day anyway, so skip a week if you have to. The children are the most important thing.
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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And who knows? Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the President’s spouse. I wish him well!
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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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Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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Life has changed enormously, and I hope – I hope more people read good things.
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