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Barbara Bush

I’m not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
BARBARA BUSH

Airplane Anything Jump Know
George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
BARBARA BUSH

House Littles Texas
. . . 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.
BARBARA BUSH

America Important Learning
People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
BARBARA BUSH

Hair People Worry
I’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
BARBARA BUSH

Abortion Outspoken Pro
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.
BARBARA BUSH

Interesting Political Trying
The darn trouble with cleaning the house is it gets dirty the next day anyway, so skip a week if you have to. The children are the most important thing.
BARBARA BUSH

Children Dirty Family
I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
BARBARA BUSH

Children Love Marriage
The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
BARBARA BUSH

Conventions Opinion Platform
I really loved living in the White House, but I don’t miss it at all.
BARBARA BUSH

House Missing White
I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
BARBARA BUSH

Controversial Cost Government
I’m not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don’t think I’m competitive, just nice.
BARBARA BUSH

Justice Nice Thinking
I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
BARBARA BUSH

Family Important Thinking
If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.
BARBARA BUSH

Basketball Dull Weakness
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.
BARBARA BUSH

Firsts Important Years
I’m taking a vow not to advise.
BARBARA BUSH

Advise Take Vow
Show me a wife who doesn’t offer advice and I’ll show you one who doesn’t care very much.
BARBARA BUSH

Advice Care Wife
The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
BARBARA BUSH

Ark Built Volunteer
I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
BARBARA BUSH

Able Garden Want
Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
BARBARA BUSH

Building Family Friends Important
And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.
BARBARA BUSH

Anarchy Arena People
One thing I can say about George… he may not be able to keep a job, but he’s not boring.
BARBARA BUSH

Boredom Jobs May
I love talking to people, but what I really love is to feel you’re doing something instead of sitting home and twiddling your thumbs.
BARBARA BUSH

Home Love Talking
I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
BARBARA BUSH

Abortion Choices Hate
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!
BARBARA BUSH

Inspirational White Women
The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society’s dream, her own personal dream.
BARBARA BUSH

Dream Race Society
Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
BARBARA BUSH

Family House White

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