I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.
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 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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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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My worst expectations never happened.
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You have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
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George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
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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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Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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. . . learning never ends, and as we enter the next century, it will be more and more important for all Americans to be lifelong learners. . . . every one of us can contribute in some way to a better-educated America.
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If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.
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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’m tired now of the elections.
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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.
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You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.
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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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