Barbara Bush quotes - page 2

I don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else's. (Barbara Bush)
I'm worried about parents who aren't parenting. View quote
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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. View quote
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Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend. View quote
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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring. View quote
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My worst expectations never happened. View quote
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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. View quote
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Raising five boys is a handful, trust me. View quote
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over. View quote
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election. View quote
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I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren. (Barbara Bush)
I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all. View quote
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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. View quote
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else. View quote
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Suddenly women's lib had made me feel my life had been wasted. View quote
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You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas. View quote
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I'm not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Life has changed enormously, and I hope - I hope more people read good things. View quote
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I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know. (Barbara Bush)
Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics. View quote
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You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect. View quote
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I mean you can learn how to build a bullet or build a gun or build a bomb on the Internet. View quote
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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions. View quote
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Barbara Bush

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Occupation: American First Lady
Born: June 8, 1925
Died: April 17, 2018
Quotes count: 70
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