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.
BARBARA BUSHThe First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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But why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it’s gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it’s not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?
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I’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
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Show me a wife who doesn’t offer advice and I’ll show you one who doesn’t care very much.
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. . . learning never ends, and as we enter the next century, it will be more and more important for all Americans to be lifelong learners. . . . every one of us can contribute in some way to a better-educated America.
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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.
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Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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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.
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Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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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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It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that’s how I kept track of what was going on.
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Why be afraid of what people will say? Those who care about you will say, Good luck! and those who care only about themselves will never say anything worth listening to anyway.
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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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One thing I can say about George… he may not be able to keep a job, but he’s not boring.
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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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