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.
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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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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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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I don’t like attacking.
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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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Where will our country find leaders with integrity, courage, strength-all the family values-in ten, twenty, or thirty years? The answer is that you are teaching them, loving them, and raising them right now.
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Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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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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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 really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.
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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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It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that’s how I kept track of what was going on.
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I think a lot of our problems are because people don’t listen to our children. It is not always easy. They’re not always so brilliant that you want to spend hours with them. But it is very important to listen to 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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