I really loved living in the White House, but I don’t miss it at all.
BARBARA BUSHRaising five boys is a handful, trust me.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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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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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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I think the country has had enough Bushes.
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Why be afraid of what people will say? Those who care about you will say, Good luck! and those who care only about themselves will never say anything worth listening to anyway.
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I’m a little old-fashioned.
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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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I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
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I don’t think that’s healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else’s.
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I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.
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You have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
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Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
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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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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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If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.
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I’m not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don’t think I’m competitive, just nice.
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You get nothing done if you don’t listen to each other.
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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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Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They’re working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.
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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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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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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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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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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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If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.
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