Barbara Bush
Barbara Bush
Barbara Pierce Bushis the wife of George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States, and served as First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993. She is the mother of George W. Bush, the 43rd President, and Jeb Bush, the 43rd Governor of Florida, and the great aunt of Larry Bush. She served as the Second Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitical Wife
Date of Birth8 June 1925
CountryUnited States of America
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You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.
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You don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is friendships or opportunities.
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Whether it be here or in Washington or anywhere else, there's somebody who has got something to say to the president, that's part of the job, ... And I think it's important for me to be thoughtful and sensitive to those who have got something to say. But I think it's also important for me to go on with my life, to keep a balanced life.
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in a position to make good, crisp decisions.
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I know we did the right thing for security and for the country, ... I am convinced that out of the recent investigations will come a better system.
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I listen and give input only if somebody asks.
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I want to know what went right and what went wrong, ... I want to know how to better cooperate with state and local government, to be able to answer that very question that you asked: Are we capable of dealing with a severe attack or another severe storm?
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We all make our contributions to the world and I suppose mine will not be to the literary treasures of the western civilization, ... But I do hope to contribute in my own way, and one of those ways is to bring closer the day when every child and every American learns to read.
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As if we don't have enough violence on television.
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Study hard, work hard and play hard, too,
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(Now) it looks very much like it was when we lived here. Although it's probably a little cleaner now.
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Thank heavens the debates are over, ... Someone said we should have more. I said, 'Good heavens, haven't we had enough of those?'
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Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well.
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I was so sad to read recently that 32 percent of fourth- graders say they never read a book for pleasure,