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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.

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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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 loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
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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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Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
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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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My worst expectations never happened.
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You try to do something every single day that will help an American or maybe someone overseas.
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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 not a competitive person, and I think women like me because they don't think I'm competitive, just nice.
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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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. . . 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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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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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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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'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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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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Suddenly women's lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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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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