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 BUSHThe personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
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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Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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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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Believe in something larger than yourself … to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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To this day George Sr. is the soft touch and I’m the enforcer. I’m the one who writes them a letter and says ‘Shape up!’ He writes, ‘You’re marvelous.’
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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The home is the child’s first school, the parent is the child’s first teacher, and reading is the child’s first subject.
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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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I don’t like attacking.
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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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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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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
BARBARA BUSH






