US first lady.
She founded the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy; wrote "C. Fred's Story: A Dog's Life," 1984 as a contribution to literacy campaign.
Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
Believe in something larger than yourself.
The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
You don't just luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.
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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Published Sources for Quotations Above:
F:
Parade," 3 Jan 1993.
R:
Speech, 1990.
A:
In "The Last Word - A Treasury of Women's Quotes," by Carolyn Warner, 1992.
N:
In "Running Mates The Making of a First Lady."
K:
In "The Last Word - A Treasury of Women's Quotes," by Carolyn Warner, 1992.
