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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.

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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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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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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You can't tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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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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You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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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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The state dinner is almost a formula, but you try to make it interesting. You try not to overload it with too many political types. You try to get a cross section.
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
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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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Suddenly women's lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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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'm a little old-fashioned.
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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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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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I think a lot of our problems are because people don't listen to our children. It is not always easy. They're not always so brilliant that you want to spend hours with them. But it is very important to listen to them.
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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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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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