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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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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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. . . 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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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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I'm a little old-fashioned.
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You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.
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Suddenly women's lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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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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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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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.
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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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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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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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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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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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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'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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