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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. "
Barbara Bush
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" Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend. "
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" My worst expectations never happened. "
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" If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities. "
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" I'm worried about parents who aren't parenting. "
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" You don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is friendships or opportunities. "
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" Raising George Walker was not easy. "
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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 decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money. "
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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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" Suddenly women's lib had made me feel my life had been wasted. "
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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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" 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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" Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well! "
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" And who knows? Somewhere out there in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow 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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" 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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" One thing I can say about George... he may not be able to keep a job, but he's not boring. "
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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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" Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election. "
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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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" Value your friendship. Value your relationships. "
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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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