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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

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.
BARBARA BUSH

Good Judgement Luck People
You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
BARBARA BUSH

Half Mother President
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

Book House White
I don’t like attacking.
BARBARA BUSH

Action Attacking Like Plan
I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
BARBARA BUSH

Children Love Marriage
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.
BARBARA BUSH

Basketball Dull Weakness
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.
BARBARA BUSH

President Running Way
Whatever the era…one thing will never change: Fathers and mothers, if you have children, they must come first.
BARBARA BUSH

Children Family Mother
I’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.
BARBARA BUSH

Parent Parenting Worried
. . . 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.
BARBARA BUSH

America Important Learning
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.
BARBARA BUSH

Blue Mind Waste
You get nothing done if you don’t listen to each other.
BARBARA BUSH

Children Done Listening Married
My worst expectations never happened.
BARBARA BUSH

Expectations Happened Worst
The home is the child’s first school, the parent is the child’s first teacher, and reading is the child’s first subject.
BARBARA BUSH

Children Reading Teacher
I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time.
BARBARA BUSH

Children Mom Mother
Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
BARBARA BUSH

Family Friendship Inspirational

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.

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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.

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