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.
BARBARA BUSHThe Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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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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My worst expectations never happened.
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Show me a wife who doesn’t offer advice and I’ll show you one who doesn’t care very much.
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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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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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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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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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Whatever the era…one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first.
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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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You can’t tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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. . . learning never ends, and as we enter the next century, it will be more and more important for all Americans to be lifelong learners. . . . every one of us can contribute in some way to a better-educated America.
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At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.
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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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