Why be afraid of what people will say? Those who care about you will say, Good luck! and those who care only about themselves will never say anything worth listening to anyway.
BARBARA BUSHNobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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You have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
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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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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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George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
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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.
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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.
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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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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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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’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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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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I don’t like attacking.
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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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Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.
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