People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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Life has changed enormously, and I hope – I hope more people read good things.
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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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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
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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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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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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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I don’t like attacking.
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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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You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.
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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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Show me a wife who doesn’t offer advice and I’ll show you one who doesn’t care very much.
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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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To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.
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But why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it’s gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it’s not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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You can’t tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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I’m taking a vow not to advise.
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George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.
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There are a lot of ways to serve, and being president is not the only one, and I would hope that someone else would run.
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You have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
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I’m tired now of the elections.
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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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My worst expectations never happened.
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