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Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house

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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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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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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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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Your success as a family... our success as a nation... depends not on what happens inside the White House, but on what happens inside your house.
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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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My worst expectations never happened.
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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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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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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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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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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 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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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.
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The Titanic was built by professionals. The Ark was built by volunteers.
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Suddenly women's lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.
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