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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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Professionals
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I'm a little old-fashioned.
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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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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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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
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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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Believe in something larger than yourself ... to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.
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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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I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
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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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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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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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My worst expectations never happened.
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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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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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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 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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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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