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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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Believe in something larger than yourself ... to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.
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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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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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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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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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. . . 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 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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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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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
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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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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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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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You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.
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