I’m not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don’t think I’m competitive, just nice.
BARBARA BUSHYou can’t tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
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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.
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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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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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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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Believe in something larger than yourself … to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.
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I think a lot of our problems are because people don’t listen to our children. It is not always easy. They’re not always so brilliant that you want to spend hours with them. But it is very important to listen to them.
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You get nothing done if you don’t listen to each other.
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You can’t tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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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.
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I’m taking a vow not to advise.
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