It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it’s a family thing, and I guess it’s clean.
BARBARA BUSHThe First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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I’m a liberal when it comes to human rights, the poor; so’s George Bush. . . . But Liberal and Conservative don’t mean much to me anymore. Does that mean we care about people and are interested and want to help? And if that makes you a Liberal, so be it.
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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you’re not going to change each other’s minds. It’s a waste of your time and my time.
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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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Believe in something larger than yourself … to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.
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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
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Where will our country find leaders with integrity, courage, strength-all the family values-in ten, twenty, or thirty years? The answer is that you are teaching them, loving them, and raising them right now.
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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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If more people could read, write, and comprehend, we could be much closer to solving so many of the other problems our country faces today.
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Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
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I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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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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I’m not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
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I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.
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