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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.

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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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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Politics is a people business. I like people.
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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.
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It's really important for people who are HIV positive to reach out to let other people know that they can be tested, they can find out they can still live a life -- a positive life, a happy life.
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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'm inspired by my faith of course, and all the different people around me.
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When I taught school, we just had the school cafeteria we didn't have machines or things for children to buy food from. But parents can try to educate their children about choices. A lot of everything we're talking about that has to do with heart disease has to do with the choices that we make.
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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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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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No one likes to be criticized.
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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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I like this idea of generation after generation helping children on the streets, kids who have run away fleeing violence. I like the whole idea of opening arms for children who have nowhere else to go, sleeping by dumpsters.
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A good book is like an unreachable itch. You just can't leave it alone.
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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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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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The ages between birth and age 5 are the foundation upon which successful lives are built.
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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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We need to alert women everywhere about the seriousness of heart disease.
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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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