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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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Three publishers came to me at the White House after George lost and said, 'We would like to publish your book.' I said, 'Well, I don't have a book,' and they said well it's a well known fact that you have kept diaries.
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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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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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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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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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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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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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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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You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.
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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 try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.
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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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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'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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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 hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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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 First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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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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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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