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.
BARBARA BUSHWhether 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.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.
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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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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.
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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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I’m not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don’t think I’m competitive, just nice.
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
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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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. . . 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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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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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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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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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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