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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.

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
Barbara Pierce
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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
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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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You can't tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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. . . 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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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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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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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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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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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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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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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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