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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.

Laura Bush

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Laura Bush
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: November 4
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Former First Lady Of The United States
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Laura Welch Bush
Laura Lane Welch Bush
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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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As long as we have books, we are not alone.
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Education is spreading hope. Millions are now learning to live with HIV/AIDS - instead of waiting to die from it.
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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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Every child in American should have access to a well-stocked school library.
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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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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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Books are important. They help you sleep at night.
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The ages between birth and age 5 are the foundation upon which successful lives are built.
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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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What I want for children in our country and around the world is safe, stable and loving homes.
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I have found the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card.
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Libraries are community treasure chests, loaded with a wealth of information available to everyone equally, and the key to that treasure chest is the library card. I have found the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card.
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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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Education is the key. With a really good education, you have a much broader view of the world. Well-educated people can seek help for themselves. They can help others.
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Don't start smoking. It's much harder to stop than it is not to start at all.
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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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Politics is a people business. I like people.
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A good book is like an unreachable itch. You just can't leave it alone.
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No one likes to be criticized.
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