It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it’s a family thing, and I guess it’s clean.
BARBARA BUSHNever lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people – your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.
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Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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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 hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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I’m not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
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I’m a little old-fashioned.
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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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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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George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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And who knows? Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the President’s spouse. I wish him well!
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I’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.
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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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Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
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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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