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We can overcome evil with greater good.

Laura Bush

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Laura Bush
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: November 4
Autobiographer
Former First Lady Of The United States
Hiv Activist
Librarian
Politician
Teacher
Writer
Midland
Texas
Laura Welch Bush
Laura Lane Welch Bush
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Bluffton is growing. But we must hold on to that small-town character.
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But we talk about issues, we talk about people, we talk about personalities. George is a very good reader of people, and he's very perceptive about people, and you know, that's fine.
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It's a huge advantage to have parents who read to you. And it's an advantage that lasts a lifetime.
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Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.
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I'm inspired by my faith of course, and all the different people around me.
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I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues.
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As parents, the most important thing we can do is read to our children early and often. Reading is the path to success in school and life. When children learn to love books, they learn to love learning.
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For countries to succeed, for democracies to succeed, the women and men in those countries need to be free. Women and men need to know their rights.
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A good book is like an unreachable itch. You just can't leave it alone.
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I think doctors have really come up to speed and understand that more women than men die of heart disease. [But] all the research on heart disease has really been based on men, and needs to be updated with research on women - even very early-stage research is done using male rats!
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When you read with your child, you show them that reading is important, but you also show them they're important - that they are so important to you that you will spend 20 minutes a day with your arm around them.
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Though my plans at the moment are vague, I can assure you that I'll never run for the Senate in New York.
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The ages between birth and age 5 are the foundation upon which successful lives are built.
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I was the same way after graduating with a degree in education. I started to teach and I was wondering: do I really know how to teach?
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Maybe it is the media that has us divided.
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I also know that there are a lot of people around the United States who want my husband to win and who are for him and who support our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. And I feel good about those people, too.
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I have found the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card.
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My mother was my Girl Scout leader, and George's mother was his Cub Scout leader. In fact, that's when some say her hair turned white.
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certainly the women's health part is something that I've become very interested in. It's not something I thought about when George [Bush] was elected...what I'd always been interested in was education.
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Women have a better chance to secure freedom and protect themselves from violence, from abuse, from injustice, if they are well-educated and know their rights.
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