I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
BARBARA BUSHNobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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Describing life out of the public eye to David Letterman, December 6th, 1996 It’s been different. I started driving again. I started cooking again. My driving’s better than my cooking. George has discovered Sam’s Club.
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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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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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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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You get nothing done if you don’t listen to each other.
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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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But why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it’s gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it’s not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?
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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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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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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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Whatever the era…one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first.
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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
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I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
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