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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.

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
Nobody
Child
Dies
Children
Likes
Election
Losing

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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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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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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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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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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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I'm a little old-fashioned.
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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 First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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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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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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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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Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
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My worst expectations never happened.
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I'm a great believer that the most important years are the sort of early years but the preschool years and then into the first and second grades. If you get a good base in the first and second grade and you can read, you can do anything.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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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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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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