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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

Show me a wife who doesn’t offer advice and I’ll show you one who doesn’t care very much.
BARBARA BUSH

Advice Care Wife
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.
BARBARA BUSH

Discovery Eye Life
The state dinner is almost a formula, but you try to make it interesting. You try not to overload it with too many political types. You try to get a cross section.
BARBARA BUSH

Interesting Political Trying
I’m tired now of the elections.
BARBARA BUSH

Election Tired
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.
BARBARA BUSH

Firsts Important Years
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.
BARBARA BUSH

Good Judgement Luck People
Three publishers came to me at the White House after George lost and said, ‘We would like to publish your book.’ I said, ‘Well, I don’t have a book,’ and they said well it’s a well known fact that you have kept diaries.
BARBARA BUSH

Book House White
You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.
BARBARA BUSH

Political Powerful Thinking
I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
BARBARA BUSH

Abortion Choices Hate
You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
BARBARA BUSH

Half Mother President
I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
BARBARA BUSH

Complicated Country Mean
I think the country has had enough Bushes.
BARBARA BUSH

Country Politics Thinking
To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
BARBARA BUSH

Family Inspirational Mean
The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
BARBARA BUSH

Doe First Matter
I’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.
BARBARA BUSH

Parent Parenting Worried
The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
BARBARA BUSH

Ark Built Volunteer

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