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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.

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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Ugly
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Politics

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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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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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Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
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Your success as a family... our success as a nation... depends not on what happens inside the White House, but on what happens inside your house.
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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.
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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
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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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Suddenly women's lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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My worst expectations never happened.
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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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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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There are a lot of ways to serve, and being president is not the only one, and I would hope that someone else would run.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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