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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. "

Barbara Bush

You

Try

Political

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" I don't like attacking. "

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Attacking

" 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. "

" I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country. "

" I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money. "

" Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend. "

Barbara Bush

Better

Everything

" 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! "

Barbara Bush

Day

House

" I'm a great believer that the most important years are the sort of early years but the preschool years and then into the first and second grades. If you get a good base in the first and second grade and you can read, you can do anything. "

" I'm not a one-issue person. "

Barbara Bush

Person

" And who knows? Somewhere out there 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 hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else. "

" You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way. "

" I don't like the blame game, though. "

Barbara Bush

Game

Blame

" The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions. "

" I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life. "

" Never ask anyone over 70 how they feel. They'll tell you. "

" 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. "

" Raising five boys is a handful, trust me. "

Barbara Bush

Trust Me

Raising

" It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that's how I kept track of what was going on. "

Barbara Bush

Know

My Life

" 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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" Raising George Walker was not easy. "