You have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
BARBARA BUSHIf 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.
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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I mean you can learn how to build a bullet or build a gun or build a bomb on the Internet.
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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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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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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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You get nothing done if you don’t listen to each other.
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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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I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
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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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George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
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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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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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