I’m not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don’t think I’m competitive, just nice.
BARBARA BUSHWhatever the era…one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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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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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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Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They’re working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.
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I’m a little old-fashioned.
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Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life’s blood . . . but everyone has something to give.
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Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
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You have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
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You can’t tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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I’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.
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I mean you can learn how to build a bullet or build a gun or build a bomb on the Internet.
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I’m not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
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