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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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Everyone
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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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I'm a little old-fashioned.
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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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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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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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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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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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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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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 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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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 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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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
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My worst expectations never happened.
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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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You can't tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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