ThursdayMay 29, 2025
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Barbara Pierce Bush (born November 25, 1981) is the elder of the fraternal twin daughters of U.S. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush. Barbara Bush was born in Dallas, Texas, at Baylor University Medical Center.
Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
You may think the President is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.
You have to love your children unselfishly. That is hard. But it is the only way.
I listen and give input only if somebody asks.
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.
When five former first ladies and Barbara Bush walked across the courtyard of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library ... someone watching interrupted the hush and whispered, 'There are the real heroes.'
Barbara Bush's Family Reading Tips 1. Establish a routine for reading aloud. 2. Make reading together a special time. 3. Try these simple ways to enrich reading aloud with your children: --Move your finger under the words as you read. --Let your child hel
You don't just luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.
Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, you are going to do that.
Believe in something larger than yourself.... Get involved in the big ideas of your time.
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.
I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life. It's a cliche and we use it too much but I think for a husband and wife, the way to stay close is to do things together and share.
I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell my children that, they just about throw up.
At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.
The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well!
I'm not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don't think I'm competitive, just nice.
One thing I can say about George ... he may not be able to keep a job, but he's not boring.
As if we don't have enough violence on television. After her husband accidentally hit two spectators with golf balls during a celebrity golf tournament.
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.
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.
And who knows? Somewhere out there 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!
What happens in your house is more important than what happens in the White House.
Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life's blood ... but everyone has something to give.
... 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.
War is not nice.
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