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 BUSHTo this day George Sr. is the soft touch and I’m the enforcer. I’m the one who writes them a letter and says ‘Shape up!’ He writes, ‘You’re marvelous.’
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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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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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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I really loved living in the White House, but I don’t miss it at all.
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I’m a little old-fashioned.
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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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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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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.
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Libraries have always seemed like the richest places in the world to me, and I?ve done some of my best learning and thinking thanks to them. Libraries and librarians have definitely changed my life ? and the lives of countless other Americans.
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Believe in something larger than yourself … to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.
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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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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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Value your friendship. Value your relationships.
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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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