I’m not saying to be happy you must be married. Nor am I saying that to be happy you need children. I’m saying that if you opt for children – be you man or woman – you have to take care of them.
BARBARA BUSHPeople who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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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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. . . 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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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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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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Life has changed enormously, and I hope – I hope more people read good things.
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If more people could read, write, and comprehend, we could be much closer to solving so many of the other problems our country faces today.
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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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I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.
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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’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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I’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.
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Whether you are talking about education, career, or service, you are talking about life. And life must really have joy. It’s supposed to be fun.
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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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