I love talking to people, but what I really love is to feel you’re doing something instead of sitting home and twiddling your thumbs.
BARBARA BUSHThe state dinner is almost a formula, but you try to make it interesting. You try not to overload it with too many political types. You try to get a cross section.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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I really loved living in the White House, but I don’t miss it at all.
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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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I’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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Life has changed enormously, and I hope – I hope more people read good things.
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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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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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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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Libraries have always seemed like the richest places in the world to me, and I?ve done some of my best learning and thinking thanks to them. Libraries and librarians have definitely changed my life ? and the lives of countless other Americans.
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It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it’s a family thing, and I guess it’s clean.
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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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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 may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.
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