Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
BARBARA BUSHI think the country has had enough Bushes.
More Barbara Bush Quotes
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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 think a lot of our problems are because people don’t listen to our children. It is not always easy. They’re not always so brilliant that you want to spend hours with them. But it is very important to listen to them.
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I hate the fact that people think compromise is a dirty word.
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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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You get nothing done if you don’t listen to each other.
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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.
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I’m worried about parents who aren’t parenting.
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I don’t like attacking.
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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 have to love your children unselfishly. That’s hard. But it’s the only way.
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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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Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships.
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And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.
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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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