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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.

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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You can't tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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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 First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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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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Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
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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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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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Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people - your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way.
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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 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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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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I'm not saying to be happy you must be married. Nor am I saying that to be happy you need children. I'm saying that if you opt for children - be you man or woman - you have to take care of them.
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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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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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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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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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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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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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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 may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.
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