Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
BARBARA BUSHI’m not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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I’m not saying to be happy you must be married. Nor am I saying that to be happy you need children. I’m saying that if you opt for children – be you man or woman – you have to take care of them.
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Libraries have always seemed like the richest places in the world to me, and I?ve done some of my best learning and thinking thanks to them. Libraries and librarians have definitely changed my life ? and the lives of countless other Americans.
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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I’m not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.
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You have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
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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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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
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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’m taking a vow not to advise.
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You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.
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I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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There are a lot of ways to serve, and being president is not the only one, and I would hope that someone else would run.
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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you’re not going to change each other’s minds. It’s a waste of your time and my time.
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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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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?
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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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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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You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.
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I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.
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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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Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
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