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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.

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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You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.
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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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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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You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.
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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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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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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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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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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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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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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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Believe in something larger than yourself ... to get involved in some of the big ideas of our 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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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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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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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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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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