Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
BARBARA BUSHMy son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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Life has changed enormously, and I hope – I hope more people read good things.
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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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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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The state dinner is almost a formula, but you try to make it interesting. You try not to overload it with too many political types. You try to get a cross section.
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It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that’s how I kept track of what was going on.
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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life’s blood . . . but everyone has something to give.
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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.
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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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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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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it’s a family thing, and I guess it’s clean.
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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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You can’t tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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