Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
BARBARA BUSHYou try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.
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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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
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Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
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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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You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.
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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
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Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don’t miss it at all.
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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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You can’t tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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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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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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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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