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Three publishers came to me at...

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.

Barbara Bush 144 quotes

Your success as a family... ou...

Your success as a family... our success as a nation... depends not on what happens inside the White House, but on what happens inside your house.

Barbara Bush 144 quotes

Whether you are talking about ...

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.

Barbara Bush 144 quotes

But why should we hear about b...

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, it's not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?

Barbara Bush 144 quotes

Where will our country find le...

Where will our country find leaders with integrity, courage, strength-all the family values-in ten, twenty, or thirty years? The answer is that you are teaching them, loving them, and raising them right now.

Barbara Bush 144 quotes

Some people give time, some mo...

Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life's blood . . . but everyone has something to give.

Barbara Bush 144 quotes

I'm a liberal when it comes to...

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.

Barbara Bush 144 quotes

Libraries have always seemed l...

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.

Barbara Bush 144 quotes

I'm not saying to be happy you...

I'm not saying to be happy you must be married. Nor am I saying that to be happy you need children. I'm saying that if you opt for children - be you man or woman - you have to take care of them.

Barbara Bush 144 quotes

Describing life out of the pub...

Describing 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.

Barbara Bush 144 quotes

As if we don't have enough vol...

As if we don't have enough volence on television. After her husband accidentally hit two spectators with golf balls during a celebrity golf tournament.

Barbara Bush 144 quotes

I think a lot of our problems ...

I think a lot of our problems are because people don't listen to our children. It is not always easy. They're not always so brilliant that you want to spend hours with them. But it is very important to listen to them.

Barbara Bush 144 quotes

. . . learning never ends, and...

. . . 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.

Barbara Bush 144 quotes

Why be afraid of what people w...

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.

Barbara Bush 144 quotes

George is the best little dish...

George is the best little dishwasher in Texas.

Barbara Bush 144 quotes

If more people could read, wri...

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.

Barbara Bush 144 quotes

The home is the child's first ...

The home is the child's first school, the parent is the child's first teacher, and reading is the child's first subject.

Barbara Bush 144 quotes

The darn trouble with cleaning...

The darn trouble with cleaning the house is it gets dirty the next day anyway, so skip a week if you have to. The children are the most important thing.

Barbara Bush 144 quotes

I love talking to people, but ...

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.

Barbara Bush 144 quotes

To this day George Sr. is the ...

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 Bush 144 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....