It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it’s a family thing, and I guess it’s clean.
BARBARA BUSHAnd 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!
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.
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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!
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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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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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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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I’m a little old-fashioned.
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Why be afraid of what people will say? Those who care about you will say, Good luck! and those who care only about themselves will never say anything worth listening to anyway.
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I’m not saying to be happy you must be married. Nor am I saying that to be happy you need children. I’m saying that if you opt for children – be you man or woman – you have to take care of them.
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Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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My worst expectations never happened.
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Whether you are talking about education, career, or service, you are talking about life. And life must really have joy. It’s supposed to be fun.
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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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Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people – your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.
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The darn trouble with cleaning the house is it gets dirty the next day anyway, so skip a week if you have to. The children are the most important thing.
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