You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
BARBARA BUSHI think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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I’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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I’m a little old-fashioned.
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I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
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Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life’s blood . . . but everyone has something to give.
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Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
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Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
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It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it’s a family thing, and I guess it’s clean.
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I mean you can learn how to build a bullet or build a gun or build a bomb on the Internet.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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Where will our country find leaders with integrity, courage, strength-all the family values-in ten, twenty, or thirty years? The answer is that you are teaching them, loving them, and raising them right now.
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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.
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I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
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