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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

I think the country has had enough Bushes.
BARBARA BUSH

Country Politics Thinking
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 really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.
BARBARA BUSH

Courageous Office Running
Whatever the era…one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first.
BARBARA BUSH

Children Family Mother
I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
BARBARA BUSH

Dirty Hate Naughty
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
I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
BARBARA BUSH

Complicated Country Mean
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.
BARBARA BUSH

Children Dirty Family
I’m taking a vow not to advise.
BARBARA BUSH

Advise Take Vow
I’m tired now of the elections.
BARBARA BUSH

Election Tired
Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
BARBARA BUSH

Boys Handful Trust Me
Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
BARBARA BUSH

Feel Gender Made
You have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
BARBARA BUSH

Love Thank Witty You
I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
BARBARA BUSH

Able Garden Want
The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society’s dream, her own personal dream.
BARBARA BUSH

Dream Race Society
The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
BARBARA BUSH

Ark Built Volunteer

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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