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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.

Laura Bush

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Laura Bush
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: November 4
Autobiographer
Former First Lady Of The United States
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Politician
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Midland
Texas
Laura Welch Bush
Laura Lane Welch Bush
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A good book is like an unreachable itch. You just can't leave it alone.
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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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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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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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Bluffton is growing. But we must hold on to that small-town character.
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Books are important. They help you sleep at night.
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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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The ages between birth and age 5 are the foundation upon which successful lives are built.
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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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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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What I want for children in our country and around the world is safe, stable and loving homes.
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Every child in American should have access to a well-stocked school library.
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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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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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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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