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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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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 don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else's.
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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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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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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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Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
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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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My worst expectations never happened.
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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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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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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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. . . 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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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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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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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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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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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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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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