You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
BARBARA BUSHI’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society’s dream, her own personal dream.
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Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
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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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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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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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It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it’s a family thing, and I guess it’s clean.
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Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people – your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.
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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 do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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I don’t think that’s healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else’s.
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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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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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