And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.
BARBARA BUSH. . . 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.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.
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I love talking to people, but what I really love is to feel you’re doing something instead of sitting home and twiddling your thumbs.
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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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Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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I don’t like attacking.
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My worst expectations never happened.
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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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To this day George Sr. is the soft touch and I’m the enforcer. I’m the one who writes them a letter and says ‘Shape up!’ He writes, ‘You’re marvelous.’
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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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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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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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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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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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