If more people could read, write, and comprehend, we could be much closer to solving so many of the other problems our country faces today.
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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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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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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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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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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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
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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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Life has changed enormously, and I hope – I hope more people read good things.
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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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The state dinner is almost a formula, but you try to make it interesting. You try not to overload it with too many political types. You try to get a cross section.
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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.
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At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.
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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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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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