Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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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I’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.
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I’m not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
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The home is the child’s first school, the parent is the child’s first teacher, and reading is the child’s first subject.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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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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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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I think the country has had enough Bushes.
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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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And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.
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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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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
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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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I’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
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