I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
BARBARA BUSHGiving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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I think the country has had enough Bushes.
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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 a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don’t think I’m competitive, just nice.
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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 First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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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 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.
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I love talking to people, but what I really love is to feel you’re doing something instead of sitting home and twiddling your thumbs.
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Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
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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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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.
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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.
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