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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.

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
Barbara Pierce
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Suddenly women's lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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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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Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
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But why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it's gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it's not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?
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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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Show me a wife who doesn't offer advice and I'll show you one who doesn't care very much.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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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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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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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
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I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.
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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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Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life's blood . . . but everyone has something to give.
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I don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else's.
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