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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.

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
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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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You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.
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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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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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Believe in something larger than yourself ... to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.
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You can't tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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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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Suddenly women's lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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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 may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.
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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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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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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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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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My worst expectations never happened.
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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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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 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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