I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
BARBARA BUSHNobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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Suddenly women’s lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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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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I really loved living in the White House, but I don’t miss it at all.
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The darn trouble with cleaning the house is it gets dirty the next day anyway, so skip a week if you have to. The children are the most important thing.
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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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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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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you’re not going to change each other’s minds. It’s a waste of your time and my time.
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Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
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Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
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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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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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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 can’t tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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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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