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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.

Barbara Bush

The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
BARBARA BUSH

Ark Built Volunteer
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?
BARBARA BUSH

Beautiful Mean War
You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.
BARBARA BUSH

Country Helping Overseas Someone Trying
As if we don’t have enough volence on television. After her husband accidentally hit two spectators with golf balls during a celebrity golf tournament.
BARBARA BUSH

Golf Husband Two
Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
BARBARA BUSH

Parent People Women
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.
BARBARA BUSH

Generosity Giving Memorable
Believe in something larger than yourself … to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.
BARBARA BUSH

Believe Ideas Time
It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it’s a family thing, and I guess it’s clean.
BARBARA BUSH

Clean Dumb Family Guess
My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
BARBARA BUSH

Bad Boys Right Son
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.
BARBARA BUSH

Congratulations Success Teaching
And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.
BARBARA BUSH

Anarchy Arena People
If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.
BARBARA BUSH

President Thinking Wife
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.
BARBARA BUSH

Children Loss Thinking
You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
BARBARA BUSH

Half Mother President
I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
BARBARA BUSH

Family Important Thinking
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.
BARBARA BUSH

Home Veterans Day Work

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