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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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Laura Bush
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: November 4
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Children who are read to learn two things: First, that reading is worthwhile, and second, that they are worthwhile.
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We seldom give each other advice-I think that's the success of 25 years of marriage.
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We all, parents, educators, community leaders, and every... citizen, need to come together to find new ways to engage children with the natural environment.
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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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The National Book Festival is a great way for families and friends to share the creative works of some of America's most-loved authors, .. Readers of all ages can listen to favorite writers speaking about their books, have books autographed, meet many storybook characters and enjoy a day on the National Mall.
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It's really important for boys to have a father around, or a grandfather, or an uncle - a man they can really relate to who loves them, and who they know loves them.
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Politics is a people business. I like people.
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There are a lot of women that I think are very powerful and would be great presidents.
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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 it’s important that (Roe v. Wade) remain legal for medical reasons and other reasons.
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We know how unhealthy it is. I know what happens, though - young women start smoking because they don't think they're really going to keep smoking.
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Because women don't expect to have heart disease, a lot of times they don't seek help if they have the early symptoms of a heart attack.
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We can overcome evil with greater good.
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Diseases don't respect borders. You know, just at the edge of the American border, that isn't the edge of diseases. We need to be sure that we're looking worldwide. And it is in our security interest, as well as our moral interest, to pay attention to the rest of the world.
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A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a love of learning.
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No one likes to be criticized.
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When I was in my 20s, I was a bookworm - spent 12 hours of the day in the library. How I met George, I'll never know.
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I'm not the one who was elected. Although she disagreed with her husband on a lot of issues, she emphasized, I would never do anything to undermine my husband's point of view.
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What I want for children in our country and around the world is safe, stable and loving homes.
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