And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.
BARBARA BUSHI’m a great believer that the most important years are the sort of early years but the preschool years and then into the first and second grades. If you get a good base in the first and second grade and you can read, you can do anything.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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My worst expectations never happened.
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But 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?
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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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I don’t like attacking.
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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’m not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
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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’m a great believer that the most important years are the sort of early years but the preschool years and then into the first and second grades. If you get a good base in the first and second grade and you can read, you can do anything.
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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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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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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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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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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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One thing I can say about George… he may not be able to keep a job, but he’s not boring.
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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.
BARBARA BUSH