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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
Walker
Walkers
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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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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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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?
Barbara Bush
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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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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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. . . 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 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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I'm a little old-fashioned.
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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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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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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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Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
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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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I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
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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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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
Barbara Bush
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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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I'm not saying to be happy you must be married. Nor am I saying that to be happy you need children. I'm saying that if you opt for children - be you man or woman - you have to take care of them.
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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.
Barbara Bush