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.
BARBARA BUSHDescribing life out of the public eye to David Letterman, December 6th, 1996 It’s been different. I started driving again. I started cooking again. My driving’s better than my cooking. George has discovered Sam’s Club.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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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.
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I’m tired now of the elections.
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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 married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up.
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Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people – your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.
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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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Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.
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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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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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You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.
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I’m a liberal when it comes to human rights, the poor; so’s George Bush. . . . But Liberal and Conservative don’t mean much to me anymore. Does that mean we care about people and are interested and want to help? And if that makes you a Liberal, so be it.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don’t miss it at all.
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I don’t like attacking.
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It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it’s a family thing, and I guess it’s clean.
BARBARA BUSH