The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
BARBARA BUSHThe home is the child’s first school, the parent is the child’s first teacher, and reading is the child’s first subject.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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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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Whether you are talking about education, career, or service, you are talking about life. And life must really have joy. It’s supposed to be fun.
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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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Whatever the era…one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first.
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Show me a wife who doesn’t offer advice and I’ll show you one who doesn’t care very much.
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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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Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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As if we don’t have enough volence on television. After her husband accidentally hit two spectators with golf balls during a celebrity golf tournament.
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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 do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.
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You get nothing done if you don’t listen to each other.
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Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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