Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
BARBARA BUSHI’m a little old-fashioned.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society’s dream, her own personal dream.
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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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You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.
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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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You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
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Believe in something larger than yourself … to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.
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I’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.
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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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I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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I’m a liberal when it comes to human rights, the poor; so’s George Bush. . . . But Liberal and Conservative don’t mean much to me anymore. Does that mean we care about people and are interested and want to help? And if that makes you a Liberal, so be it.
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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.
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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I’m a little old-fashioned.
BARBARA BUSH