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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.

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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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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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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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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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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I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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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 hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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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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Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
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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 have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.
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My worst expectations never happened.
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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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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.
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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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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 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 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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