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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.

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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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 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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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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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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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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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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My worst expectations never happened.
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Suddenly women's lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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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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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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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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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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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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Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
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I mean you can learn how to build a bullet or build a gun or build a bomb on the Internet.
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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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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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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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