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My worst expectations never happened.

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
Happened
Never
Expectations
Worst

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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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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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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
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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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Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.
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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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Future of his nation does not depend on what happens at the White House, but what happens at your house
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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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Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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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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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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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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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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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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. . . 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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Suddenly women's lib had made me feel my life had been wasted.
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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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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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