Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
BARBARA BUSHThree 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.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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You can’t tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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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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. . . 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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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society’s dream, her own personal dream.
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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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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I’m not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don’t think I’m competitive, just nice.
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Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
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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 mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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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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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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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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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.
BARBARA BUSH