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.
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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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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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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Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
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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’m tired now of the elections.
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Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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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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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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You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.
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Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
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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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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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You get nothing done if you don’t listen to each other.
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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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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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