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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 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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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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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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Believe in something larger than yourself ... to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.
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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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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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Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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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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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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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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My worst expectations never happened.
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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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