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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
Politician
Manhattan borough
New York City
Barbara Pierce Bush
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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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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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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I think a lot of our problems are because people don't listen to our children. It is not always easy. They're not always so brilliant that you want to spend hours with them. But it is very important to listen to them.
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My worst expectations never happened.
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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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You can't tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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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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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
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I mean you can learn how to build a bullet or build a gun or build a bomb on the Internet.
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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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As if we don't have enough volence on television. After her husband accidentally hit two spectators with golf balls during a celebrity golf tournament.
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I'm a little old-fashioned.
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