People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
BARBARA BUSHThe First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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’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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Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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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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Your success as a family… our success as a nation… depends not on what happens inside the White House, but on what happens inside your house.
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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
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Whether you are talking about education, career, or service, you are talking about life. And life must really have joy. It’s supposed to be fun.
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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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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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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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I’m not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don’t think I’m competitive, just nice.
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Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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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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