Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
BARBARA BUSHWhy 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.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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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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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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The home is the child’s first school, the parent is the child’s first teacher, and reading is the child’s first subject.
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My worst expectations never happened.
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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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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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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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I’m tired now of the elections.
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You have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
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I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
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I’m a little old-fashioned.
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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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