 But we talk about issues, we talk about people, we talk about personalities. George is a very good reader of people, and he's very perceptive about people, and you know, that's fine. |
| I think there are a lot of reasons to be critical of the media in America. |
| You know, there are a lot of would-be governors of Texas sitting around today who never took the opportunity to get into a race when the time was right. |
| I mean, it's fun for us to talk about issues. You know, there's no one issue we spend a lot of time on probably, because he gets to do that all day with somebody else who's a lot more expert at issues than I am. |
| I mean, we are facing so many very, very important issues and those are the issues that you heard talked about last night from the Republican convention, and that you'll hear my husband talk about. And those are the really important issues facing our country right now. |
| If I'm just at the White House, I have meetings in my office, I sign letters, I plan different things. Late in the afternoon, I'll quit working and wait for my husband to get home. |
| A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning. |
| Though my plans at the moment are vague, I can assure you that I'll never run for the Senate in New York. |
| Jenna's traveled with me; they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in. |
| It's not easy to have the job of president. It's not easy to run for it. And it's not a job for the feint of heart. |
| We always get up about 5:30, and George gets up and goes in and gets the coffee and brings it to me, and that's been our ritual since we got married. And we read the newspapers in bed and drink coffee for about an hour probably, read our briefing papers. |
| I also want to encourage anybody who was affected by Hurricane Corina to make sure their children are in school. |
| No one likes to be criticized. |
| I'm not the one who was elected. I would never do anything to undermine my husband's point of view. |
| But you know, it's not easy when your husband runs for president. I mean, it's not easy for me. I'm sure it's not easy for her. There's a lot of scrutiny on families that isn't always wanted. |
| When we look around the world today, when we see in Afghanistan that 10 million people have registered to vote in their upcoming elections, including 40 percent of those people are women, that's just unbelievable. |
| Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open. |
| I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues. |
| Any first lady can do whatever they want to do. In this country, people expect them to work on whatever they want or to have a career of their own. |
| Politics is a people business. I like people. |
