Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
BARBARA BUSHAt the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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I’m not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
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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.
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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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I don’t like attacking.
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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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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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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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I think a lot of our problems are because people don’t listen to our children. It is not always easy. They’re not always so brilliant that you want to spend hours with them. But it is very important to listen to them.
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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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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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I’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.
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Life has changed enormously, and I hope – I hope more people read good things.
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