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Believe in something larger than yourself ... to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.

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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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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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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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 loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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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 Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don't think I'm competitive, just nice.
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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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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 try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.
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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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