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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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Laura Bush
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: November 4
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Former First Lady Of The United States
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