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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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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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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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You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.
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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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Raising George Walker was not easy.
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I'm a little old-fashioned.
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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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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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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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I mean you can learn how to build a bullet or build a gun or build a bomb on the Internet.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
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You can't tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.
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