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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
Hiv Activist
Librarian
Politician
Teacher
Writer
Midland
Texas
Laura Welch Bush
Laura Lane Welch Bush
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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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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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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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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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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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There are a lot of women that I think are very powerful and would be great presidents.
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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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Reading will give you lasting pleasure.
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Politics is a people business. I like people.
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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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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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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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Bluffton is growing. But we must hold on to that small-town character.
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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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As parents, the most important thing we can do is read to our children early and often. Reading is the path to success in school and life. When children learn to love books, they learn to love learning.
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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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We seldom give each other advice-I think that's the success of 25 years of marriage.
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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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What I want for children in our country and around the world is safe, stable and loving homes.
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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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