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George H.W. Bush: “To be a Point of Light is to measure your own success by what you do for someone else.”

On the recordJanuary 3, 1990
To be a Point of Light is to measure your own success by what you do for someone else.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Statement on Receiving the Report of the President's Advisory Committee on the Points of Light Initiative Foundation

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