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 BUSHThe winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society’s dream, her own personal dream.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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To this day George Sr. is the soft touch and I’m the enforcer. I’m the one who writes them a letter and says ‘Shape up!’ He writes, ‘You’re marvelous.’
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I’m a little old-fashioned.
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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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I don’t like attacking.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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My worst expectations never happened.
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Where will our country find leaders with integrity, courage, strength-all the family values-in ten, twenty, or thirty years? The answer is that you are teaching them, loving them, and raising them right now.
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But why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it’s gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it’s not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?
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I’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.
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Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
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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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You have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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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.
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