I’m not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
BARBARA BUSHBelieve in something larger than yourself … to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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.
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You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.
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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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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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I’m a little old-fashioned.
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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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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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You can’t tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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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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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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Believe in something larger than yourself … to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.
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And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.
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I’m not saying to be happy you must be married. Nor am I saying that to be happy you need children. I’m saying that if you opt for children – be you man or woman – you have to take care of them.
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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 taking a vow not to advise.
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