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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.
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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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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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
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The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.
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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 hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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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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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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Show me a wife who doesn't offer advice and I'll show you one who doesn't care very much.
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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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You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.
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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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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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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.
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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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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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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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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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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 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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