One thing I can say about George… he may not be able to keep a job, but he’s not boring.
BARBARA BUSHThere are a lot of ways to serve, and being president is not the only one, and I would hope that someone else would run.
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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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 mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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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 hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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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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I really loved living in the White House, but I don’t miss it at all.
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The 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.
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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 love talking to people, but what I really love is to feel you’re doing something instead of sitting home and twiddling your thumbs.
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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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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 may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.
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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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