Laura Bush
Laura Bush
Laura Lane Welch Bushis the wife of the 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush, and was the First Lady from 2001 to 2009...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFirst Lady
Date of Birth4 November 1946
CountryUnited States of America
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It's very important to get your children in school. It gives children a sense of normalcy.
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It will carry no more presidents, but it will carry forever the spirit of American Democracy.
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The world saw this tidal wave of disaster ascend upon the Gulf Coast, ... Now they can see a tidal wave of compassion.
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It's important to have women in those jobs, just like I think it's important for women to be in every field in our country, ... I know there are qualified women that are in the pool of people who are being looked at.
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It's great to be back home in Midland. We so appreciate your love and support. George sends his best to everyone here. George doesn't like to think of his home as historic, but he does turn 60 in July.
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It's difficult. But also, I think people know that half of what's in the tabloids is not true. I hope people read that with a grain of salt.
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It's a painful time for our country when we lose people.
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I truly view this as a conflict between good and evil, ... at home you fight evil with acts of kindness.
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The protests were very expected. If you didn't expect them, you didn't know what it would be like when you got here,
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We're a nation that has gone through incredible suffering and hardship. Yet as a result of it, we're a strong nation and a united nation. And 2002, in my judgment, is going to be a great year,
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We're going to get him and it's just a matter of when,
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We're going to have the first one, and then we'll see how it goes. We started the Texas Book Festival six years ago in Austin, and it's become institutionalized as an annual event at the Texas capitol. So I expect this will be very successful here.
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very emotional and very moving to be here to see these sites.
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We have much more work to do, ... But the people who have been hurt by this storm . . . need to know that the government is going to be with you for the long haul.