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If more people could read, write, and comprehend, we could be much closer to solving so many of the other problems our country faces today.

Barbara Bush

I think the country has had enough Bushes.
BARBARA BUSH

Country Politics Thinking
Three publishers came to me at the White House after George lost and said, ‘We would like to publish your book.’ I said, ‘Well, I don’t have a book,’ and they said well it’s a well known fact that you have kept diaries.
BARBARA BUSH

Book House White
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.
BARBARA BUSH

Children Dirty Family
I’m taking a vow not to advise.
BARBARA BUSH

Advise Take Vow
You get nothing done if you don’t listen to each other.
BARBARA BUSH

Children Done Listening Married
I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
BARBARA BUSH

Family Important Thinking
Life has changed enormously, and I hope – I hope more people read good things.
BARBARA BUSH

Changed Good People Things
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.
BARBARA BUSH

Firsts Important Years
Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life’s blood . . . but everyone has something to give.
BARBARA BUSH

Blood Inspirational Money
I’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.
BARBARA BUSH

Parent Parenting Worried
Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They’re working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.
BARBARA BUSH

Home Veterans Day Work
Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
BARBARA BUSH

Parent People Women
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.
BARBARA BUSH

Arms Kids Strong
People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
BARBARA BUSH

Hair People Worry
You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
BARBARA BUSH

Half Mother President
The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
BARBARA BUSH

Conventions Opinion Platform

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