It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it’s a family thing, and I guess it’s clean.
BARBARA BUSHYou can’t tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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There are a lot of ways to serve, and being president is not the only one, and I would hope that someone else would run.
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Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They’re working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.
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I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
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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.
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Life has changed enormously, and I hope – I hope more people read good things.
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I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.
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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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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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Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
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I’m a little old-fashioned.
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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.
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You get nothing done if you don’t listen to each other.
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