I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
BARBARA BUSHI’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
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I think the country has had enough Bushes.
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Describing life out of the public eye to David Letterman, December 6th, 1996 It’s been different. I started driving again. I started cooking again. My driving’s better than my cooking. George has discovered Sam’s Club.
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I’m not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
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It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that’s how I kept track of what was going on.
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Your success as a family… our success as a nation… depends not on what happens inside the White House, but on what happens inside your house.
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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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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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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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Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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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 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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My worst expectations never happened.
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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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One thing I can say about George… he may not be able to keep a job, but he’s not boring.
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