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.
BARBARA BUSHThe personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you’re not going to change each other’s minds. It’s a waste of your time and my time.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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I’m a little old-fashioned.
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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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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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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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George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
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Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
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The darn trouble with cleaning the house is it gets dirty the next day anyway, so skip a week if you have to. The children are the most important thing.
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Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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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 get nothing done if you don’t listen to each other.
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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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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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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