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Jenna's traveled with me they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in.

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
Hiv Activist
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Politician
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Midland
Texas
Laura Welch Bush
Laura Lane Welch Bush
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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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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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I think it’s important that (Roe v. Wade) remain legal for medical reasons and other reasons.
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Reading will give you lasting pleasure.
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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'm inspired by my faith of course, and all the different people around me.
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As long as we have books, we are not alone.
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It's not easy to have the job of president. It's not easy to run for it. And it's not a job for the feint of heart.
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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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I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues.
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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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No one likes to be criticized.
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An educated child is better equipped to handle all the challenges of life, from finding work to avoiding diseases like HIV/AIDS.
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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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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 have found the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card.
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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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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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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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