It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it’s a family thing, and I guess it’s clean.
BARBARA BUSHBut why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it’s gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it’s not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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I’m a liberal when it comes to human rights, the poor; so’s George Bush. . . . But Liberal and Conservative don’t mean much to me anymore. Does that mean we care about people and are interested and want to help? And if that makes you a Liberal, so be it.
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At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.
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Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people – your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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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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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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I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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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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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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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
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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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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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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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