I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.
BARBARA BUSHGeorge is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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I think a lot of our problems are because people don’t listen to our children. It is not always easy. They’re not always so brilliant that you want to spend hours with them. But it is very important to listen to them.
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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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I’m tired now of the elections.
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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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Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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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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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.
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Believe in something larger than yourself … to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.
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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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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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I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
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I’m not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don’t think I’m competitive, just nice.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society’s dream, her own personal dream.
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