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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.
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
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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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You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.
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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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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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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'm a little old-fashioned.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
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Suddenly women's lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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