I’m not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don’t think I’m competitive, just nice.
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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Your success as a family… our success as a nation… depends not on what happens inside the White House, but on what happens inside your house.
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I’m a little old-fashioned.
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Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don’t miss it at all.
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I think a lot of our problems are because people don’t listen to our children. It is not always easy. They’re not always so brilliant that you want to spend hours with them. But it is very important to listen to them.
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I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
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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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You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.
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Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
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My worst expectations never happened.
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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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I’m taking a vow not to advise.
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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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Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
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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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