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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.
Barbara Bush
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Barbara Bush
Age: 92 †
Born: 1925
Born: June 8
Died: 2018
Died: April 17
Former First Lady Of The United States
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Manhattan borough
New York City
Barbara Pierce Bush
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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
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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.
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. . . 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.
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I'm a little old-fashioned.
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Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
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I'm not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don't think I'm competitive, just nice.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
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You can't tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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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.
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Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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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.
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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.
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And who knows? Somewhere out 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!
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You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.
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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.
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Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
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