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There are a lot of ways to serve, and being president is not the only one, and I would hope that someone else would run.

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 hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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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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Believe in something larger than yourself ... to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time.
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I'm a little old-fashioned.
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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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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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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'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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