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 BUSHGeorge is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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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.
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Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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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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Life has changed enormously, and I hope – I hope more people read good things.
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To this day George Sr. is the soft touch and I’m the enforcer. I’m the one who writes them a letter and says ‘Shape up!’ He writes, ‘You’re marvelous.’
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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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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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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. . . 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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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you’re not going to change each other’s minds. It’s a waste of your time and my time.
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You can’t tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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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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