Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
BARBARA BUSHRaising George Walker was not easy.
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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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 do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
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I think the country has had enough Bushes.
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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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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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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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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 son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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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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Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
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George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
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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’m a great believer that the most important years are the sort of early years but the preschool years and then into the first and second grades. If you get a good base in the first and second grade and you can read, you can do anything.
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