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" You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect. "

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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. "

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

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

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

" I really built myself up, darn it, to be very strong. "

" My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George? "

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

" 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. "

" 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! "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My health is very good. "

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

" I've done it all. "

" Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family. "

Friends And Family

" To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there. "

" I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time. "

" Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others. "

" If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it. "

" I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up. "

" It was the dumbest thing I had ever seen, but it's a family thing, and I guess it's clean. "

" 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. "

" You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas. "

" Life has changed enormously, and I hope - I hope more people read good things. "

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

" The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time. "

" Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships. "