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Barbara Bush Biography

Barbara Bush (née Pierce; June 8, 1925 – April 17, 2018) was First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993 as the wife of George H. W. Bush, who served as the 41st President of the United States. She previously was Second Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Among her six children are George W. Bush, the 43rd U.S. President, and Jeb Bush, the 43rd Governor of Florida.

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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.

Congratulations, Fact, Family, People, Success, Teaching

Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.

Nancy, Perfectionist, Reagan

Describing life out of the public eye to David Letterman, December 6th, 1996 It's been different. I started driving again. I started cooking again. My driving's better than my cooking. George has discovered Sam's Club.

Life, Eye, Discovery, 1996, David, Letterman

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!

Day, Follow, Inspirational, Knows, White, Women

One thing I can say about George. . . he may not be able to keep a job, but he's not boring.

Boredom, George, Job, Jobs, May, Say

Value your friendship. Value your relationships.

Friendship, Good Life, Relationships, Value, Values

. . . 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.

America, Contribute, Enter, Important, Learners, Learning

You can't tell a 6-year-old your sister is going to die.

Die, Dies, Sister, Tell, Years

You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.

Needs, Political, Powerful, President, Think, Thinking

Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.

Cherish, Family, Friendship, Inspirational, Relationships

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.

Anyway, Care, Good Luck, Judgement, People, Say

Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics.

Know, Knows, Likes, Politics, Ugly

My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?

Bad Boy, Boy, Boys, Right, Son

I do have the most marvelous husband, children, and grandchildren.

Children, Grandchildren, Husband, Marvelous

Raising George Walker was not easy.

Easy, George, Raising, Walker, Walkers

I don't like attacking.

Attacking, Like

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.

Depends, Family, Happens, House, White

Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.

Child, Children, Likes, Losing

But why should we hear about body bags, and deaths, and how many, what day it's gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Or, I mean, it's, it's not relevant. So, why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?

Beautiful, Happen, Hear, Mean, War

Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.

Downgrading, Hear, Parent, People, Women

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