To 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.’
BARBARA BUSHEverything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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If more people could read, write, and comprehend, we could be much closer to solving so many of the other problems our country faces today.
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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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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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And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.
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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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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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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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I’m tired now of the elections.
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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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You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
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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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Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life’s blood . . . but everyone has something to give.
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You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.
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I don’t think that’s healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else’s.
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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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