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Barbara Bush

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.
BARBARA BUSH

Discovery Eye Life
The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
BARBARA BUSH

Ark Built Volunteer
I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
BARBARA BUSH

Complicated Country Mean
Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
BARBARA BUSH

Feel Gender Made
People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
BARBARA BUSH

Hair People Worry
The home is the child’s first school, the parent is the child’s first teacher, and reading is the child’s first subject.
BARBARA BUSH

Children Reading Teacher
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.
BARBARA BUSH

Blue Mind Waste
I’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
BARBARA BUSH

Abortion Outspoken Pro
I’m a great believer that the most important years are the sort of early years but the preschool years and then into the first and second grades. If you get a good base in the first and second grade and you can read, you can do anything.
BARBARA BUSH

Firsts Important Years
To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
BARBARA BUSH

Family Inspirational Mean
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.
BARBARA BUSH

Arms Kids Strong
I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
BARBARA BUSH

Dirty Hate Naughty
Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
BARBARA BUSH

Family Friendship Inspirational
The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society’s dream, her own personal dream.
BARBARA BUSH

Dream Race Society
I think the country has had enough Bushes.
BARBARA BUSH

Country Politics Thinking
Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
BARBARA BUSH

Friendship Good Life Values
I’m taking a vow not to advise.
BARBARA BUSH

Advise Take Vow
I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.
BARBARA BUSH

Children Mom Mother
I’m not saying to be happy you must be married. Nor am I saying that to be happy you need children. I’m saying that if you opt for children – be you man or woman – you have to take care of them.
BARBARA BUSH

Children Needs Women
I really loved living in the White House, but I don’t miss it at all.
BARBARA BUSH

House Missing White
I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
BARBARA BUSH

Children Husband Marvelous
Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
BARBARA BUSH

Country Nancy People Perfectionist
The 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.
BARBARA BUSH

Interesting Political Trying
I’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.
BARBARA BUSH

Parent Parenting Worried
Raising George Walker was not easy.
BARBARA BUSH

Easy Raise Walker
You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.
BARBARA BUSH

Political Powerful Thinking
I’m not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
BARBARA BUSH

Airplane Anything Jump Know

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