Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
BARBARA BUSHGeorge is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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I’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
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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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Your success as a family… our success as a nation… depends not on what happens inside the White House, but on what happens inside your house.
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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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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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I’m tired now of the elections.
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Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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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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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.
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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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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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You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don’t miss it at all.
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