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You can't tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.

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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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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Suddenly women's lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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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 hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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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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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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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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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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You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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I'm a great believer that the most important years are the sort of early years but the preschool years and then into the first and second grades. If you get a good base in the first and second grade and you can read, you can do anything.
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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 have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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