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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. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#capabilities #dull #grow #human #human beings

The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#dream #first #her #hoop #own

I don't like the blame game, though. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#game #i #like #though

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. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#blue #change #conventions #each #face

Everything I worry about would be better if more people could read, write and comprehend. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#better #comprehend #could #everything #i

Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#faith #family #friends #friendships #important

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. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#familiar territory #frees #giving #mind #needs

I don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else's. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#better #country #else #healthy #i

I may be the only mother in America who knows exactly what their child is up to all the time. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#america #child #exactly #i #knows

I'm a great believer that the most important years are the sort of early years but the preschool years and then into the first and second grades. If you get a good base in the first and second grade and you can read, you can do anything. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#base #believer #early #first #get