Why 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.
BARBARA BUSHFuture of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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 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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Libraries have always seemed like the richest places in the world to me, and I?ve done some of my best learning and thinking thanks to them. Libraries and librarians have definitely changed my life ? and the lives of countless other Americans.
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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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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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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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I’m not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
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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.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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My worst expectations never happened.
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You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.
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And who knows? Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the President’s spouse. I wish him well!
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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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