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.
BARBARA BUSHPeople who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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 Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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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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George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
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I’m a liberal when it comes to human rights, the poor; so’s George Bush. . . . But Liberal and Conservative don’t mean much to me anymore. Does that mean we care about people and are interested and want to help? And if that makes you a Liberal, so be it.
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I’m tired now of the elections.
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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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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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If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.
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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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Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people – your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.
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The home is the child’s first school, the parent is the child’s first teacher, and reading is the child’s first subject.
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One thing I can say about George… he may not be able to keep a job, but he’s not boring.
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My worst expectations never happened.
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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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