"Suddenly women's lib had made me feel my life had been wasted."
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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.“
-Barbara Bush
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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."
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"Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that."
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"Raising five boys is a handful, trust me."
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"At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent."
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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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