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You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.

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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Believe in something larger than yourself ... to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.
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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.
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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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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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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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My worst expectations never happened.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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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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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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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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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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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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You can't tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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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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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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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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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 really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.
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