You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
BARBARA BUSHAnd so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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 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 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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. . . 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.
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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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There are a lot of ways to serve, and being president is not the only one, and I would hope that someone else would run.
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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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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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Where will our country find leaders with integrity, courage, strength-all the family values-in ten, twenty, or thirty years? The answer is that you are teaching them, loving them, and raising them right now.
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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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It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it’s a family thing, and I guess it’s clean.
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Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
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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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