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NATIONAL ARCHIVES TO A VERY SPECIAL AND WHAT I KNOW WILL BE A TRULY MEMORABLE EVENING. A CONVERSATION BETWEEN FORMER FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH AND THE...
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OKAY. >> WELCOME
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ALL. A SPECIAL WELCOME TO REPRESENTATIVE DOUG LANBORN FROM COLORADO AND HIS WIFE JEANNIE. THE MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION FOR THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES BOARD...
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| 00:12:59 |
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DAVID. I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. >> WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE
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| 00:13:02 |
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BOOK. WE'LL TALK ABOUT PLANNING MY FAVORITE NEW PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND THE WOMEN'S INITIATIVE OF THE BUSH INSTITUTE. SO LET ME START WITH THE BOOK...
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| 00:13:47 |
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WAYS. AT FIRST WHEN I GOT THE BOOK CONTRACT I THOUGHT OF IT AS THE DREADED BOOK PROJECT, AND FELT LIKE IT WAS A SWORD OVER MY HEAD. IF I WASN'T WORKING...
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| 00:17:28 |
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READ THIS LITTLE SECTION BECAUSE I JUST LOVE IT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU AND YOUR MOTHER LOVERD THE SKY. FOR ALMOST AS FAR BACK AS I CAN...
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| 00:18:16 |
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WONDERFUL THING THAT MY MOTHER DID. SHE DID THAT WITH BARBARA AND JENNA, GO LIE ON THE GROUND AND LOOK AT THE STARS. >> YOU WERE
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| 00:18:28 |
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WRITING AT THE SAME TIME THE PRESIDENT WAS WORKING ON HIS BOOK. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? >> THAT WAS GREAT TO
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BE WORKING ON THE BOOK TOGETHER. GEORGE IS VERY, VERY DISCIPLINED. I FEEL LIKE I'M MUCH MORE OF A PROCRASTINATE TOR. THE FIRST DAY WE WERE HOME, ...
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| 00:19:47 |
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EXCHANGE? >> THERE WAS
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| 00:19:48 |
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EXCHANGE. WE BOTH HAD RESEARCHERS. OUR RESEARCHERS WORKED TOGETHER. IF THEY FOUND SOMETHING -- IF MY RESEARCHER FOUND SOMETHING GEORGE MIGHT BE INTERESTED...
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| 00:21:26 |
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WRITING, WAS YOUR READER IN YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS? >> I THINK
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| 00:21:31 |
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ALWAYS. I THINK THE READER IS ALWAYS IN YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS. WHAT THINGS WOULD THEY WANT TO HEAR AND WHAT STORIES CAN YOU TELL. WHAT WOULD BE INTERESTING....
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| 00:23:36 |
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MEMORIES, MANY TERRIBLE INCIDENTS. THE PROCESS OF THE DISTANCE PERSONALLY DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO RELIVE IT AND WRITE ABOUT IT? >>
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| 00:23:49 |
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THAT'S RIGHT. I WROTE ABOUT THE CAR ACCIDENT THAT, OF COURSE, A LOT OF PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT IT. IT WAS NOT A SECRET. EVERYONE IN MIDLAND AND ALL MY FRIENDS...
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| 00:26:02 |
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DID YOU KNOW YOU WERE DONE? WAS IT HARD TO STOP WRITING? >> WHEN THE MAN SCRIPT WAS
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DUE. >> TOM WOLF USED A SIMILAR
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LINE WHEN THEY FINALLY GRABBED THE MANUSCRIPT OUT OF HIS HANDS. >> A YEAR AFTER I
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| 00:26:27 |
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STARTED AND THEN WHEN GEORGE GOT HIS BOOK CONTRACT WHICH CAME SLIGHTLY AFTER MINE, HIS WAS A FALL BOOK. BECAUSE HIS WAS GOING TO COME OUT IN THE...
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| 00:29:10 |
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HAVE TROUBLE WITH THEIR PUBLISHERS ABOUT SELECTION OF THE TITLE. HOW MUCH CONTROL -- IS THIS YOUR TITLE? >> THAT WAS MY
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| 00:29:19 |
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TITLE. I HAD CONTROL. WE ACTUALLY DID IT PRETTY QUICKLY AND IT'S A LOT HARDER THAN YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO BE TO COME UP WITH A TITLE. WHEN JENNA AND...
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| 00:30:19 |
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SO YOU DID A BOOK TOUR, YOU WENT AROUND THE COUNTRY, YOU MET A LOT OF PEOPLE. WERE THERE ANY SURPRISES? >> THE BOOK TOUR WAS A LOT
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| 00:30:25 |
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MORE FUN THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. THEY'RE VERY STRENUOUS GOING FROM BOOK SIGNING TO BOOK SIGNING, SIGNING MORE THAN 1,000 BOOKS AT A TIME AND THEN...
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| 00:32:18 |
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SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LIBRARY. THIS IS THE 13th PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, OR WILL BE WHEN THE BUILDING...
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| 00:32:51 |
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IS THE ONE THAT'S THE FIRST ALL E-MAIL, ALL EIGHT YEARS, PRESIDENCY. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A QUESTION NOW AS THE ARCHIVIST. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH...
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| 00:33:04 |
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TO MAKE SURE THAT 100 YEARS FROM NOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO RESEARCH IN THOSE E-MAIL MESSAGES. THAT'S OUR JOB. >>
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| 00:33:10 |
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PROBABLY TWO-THIRDS ARE PERSONAL WHERE SOMEONE SAYS WILL YOU MEET ME FOR LUNCH. >>
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| 00:33:17 |
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BUT WHO WAS THAT THAT SAID THAT? >>
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| 00:33:22 |
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THEY ALL SAY, ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE, THEY KNEW THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO HAVE PERSONAL MESSAGES ON THEIR E-MAIL BUT THEY PROBABLY HAD A FEW....
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| 00:33:32 |
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SO ALL OF THIS MATERIAL IS ACTUALLY AS WE SPEAK BEING PROCESSED IN A FACILITY OUTSIDE OF DALLAS, AND UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE WONDERFUL DIRECTOR OF...
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HERE. >> WHERE ARE
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| 00:33:51 |
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YOU ALAN? STAND-UP AND TAKE A BOW. [ APPLAUSE ] >> ALAN HAS BEEN
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TERRIFIC AND REALLY FUN TO WORK WITH. THANK YOU, ALAN, FOR COMING TONIGHT. >> SO WE BROKE
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| 00:34:01 |
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GROUND IN NOVEMBER. WE WILL CUT THE RIBBON, I HOPE, IN THE SPRING OF 2013. WE ARE ON SCHEDULE. >> WE'RE ON TIME,
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WE'RE ON BUDGET OR LOWER THAN BUDGET, ACTUALLY. IT'S VERY
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GOOD. >> THE BEST KIND. THE BEST KIND. >> YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW,
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| 00:34:16 |
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OR YOU PROBABLY DO KNOW, BUT THE MONEY IS RAISED PRIVATELY TO BUILD A PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY, BUT ON THE DAY OF THE OPENING, YOU HAND THE KEYS TO THE...
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THIS ARCHIVIST IS ESPECIALLY ANXIOUS TO TAKE THOSE KEYS, BECAUSE THIS IS ONE GORGEOUS FACILITY. >> IT
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| 00:34:42 |
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IS. IT'S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL. >>
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| 00:34:46 |
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TWO ARCHITECTS, ONE OF MY FAVORITE, ROBERT STERN, WHO DID THE LIBRARY AT DARTMOUTH, HE DID BAKER LIBRARY AT HARVARD, BUSINESS SCHOOL, THE NORMAN ROCKWELL...
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| 00:35:38 |
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AND MY REALLY GOOD FRIEND, DEEDEE ROSE WHO LIVES IN DALLAS AND IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN ARCHITECTURE. SHE'S RIGHT NOW THE PRESIDENT OF THE DALLAS...
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| 00:39:10 |
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SO LET'S LOOK AT SOME SLIDES AND YOU CAN WALK US THROUGH. ONE OF THE THINGS I'M REALLY VERY PLEASED ABOUT IS STERN'S ABILITY TO INTEGRATE THIS INTO THE...
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| 00:39:34 |
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WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL BUILDING AT SMU. I HAD CLASSES IN DALLAS HALL WHEN I WAS THERE. WAS THERE ACTUALLY WHEN THE BUILDING WAS BUILT. >> THERE IS...
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| 00:39:48 |
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LIBRARY. >> THAT'S THE BACK SIDE OF
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| 00:39:50 |
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THE LIBRARY. YOU CAN SEE THOSE BALCONIES THAT HAVE A VIEW OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS, THE SKYLINE OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS. WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH SMU THAT THEY...
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| 00:43:19 |
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FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES. >>
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| 00:43:20 |
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THAT'S RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. THAT IS THE WALKWAY UP. WE WORKED THE WHOLE TIME WITH MICHAEL VANVALKENBURG ON TREES. WE JUST TRANSPLANTED FROM...
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| 00:44:52 |
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IS. >> --
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| 00:44:54 |
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PICTURE. CAN YOU SEE BOB STERN? HE'S IN THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE. HE ALWAYS PUTS HIMSELF IN ALL OF HIS RENDERINGS. SO THAT'S GOING IN. YOU'LL SEE THOSE...
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| 00:54:44 |
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I AM PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT CUTTING THE RIBBON ON THIS FACILITY BECAUSE OF THE WONDERFUL ATTENTION, AND YOU CAN HEAR THE PASSION HERE, IN TERMS...
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| 00:55:43 |
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SAYS, WE'RE OUT OF POLITICS BUT WE'RE STILL INTERESTED IN POLICY. SO THAT'S WHAT THE BUSH INSTITUTE IS GOING TO GIVE US THE CHANCE TO CONTINUE, TO WORK...
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| 00:58:28 |
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HOW CAN PEOPLE KEEP UP WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND HELP? >> THEY
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| 00:58:35 |
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CAN LOOK AT THE WEBSITE AND THERE'S A WEBSITE FOR THE GEORGE BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY ALREADY, AND INSTITUTE. SO I HOPE YOU ALL WILL DO THAT. >> YOU...
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| 00:58:42 |
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UP AND GET -- BECOME A MEMBER. >>
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| 00:58:43 |
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THAT'S RIGHT, BECOME A MEMBER. YOU CAN STILL BECOME A CHARTER MEMBER. THANK YOU, DAVID, FOR GIVING ME THAT OPENING. >>
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| 00:58:59 |
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OKAY. SO SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU. HAS YOUR TIME OUT OF WASHINGTON CHANGED YOUR PERCEPTION OF THE YEARS YOU WERE HERE. >> THAT'S
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| 00:59:09 |
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INTERESTING. NOT REALLY, I DON'T THINK SO. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LIVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE, YOU ARE SO CONSTANTLY BOMBARDED WITH EVENTS AND YOU'RE SO BUSY...
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| 01:00:07 |
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BE. >> CAN YOU TELL US WHAT YOUR HUSBAND HAS BEEN DOING SINCE LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE? AND WHAT HIS PROJECTS ARE FOR THE FUTURE? >> HE'S
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| 01:00:14 |
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BEEN WORKING ALSO. A LOT ON THE INSTITUTE, OF COURSE, HE'S BEEN FUND-RAISING FOR THE BUSH LIBRARY. BUT WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL CONFERENCES ON THE ECONOMY,...
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| 01:02:36 |
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WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND TO SOMEONE NOW ENTERING THE FIELD TO DO TO PREPARE FOR THE TECHNOLOGY CHANGES AND BUDGET CUTTING THAT LIBRARIES ARE EXPERIENCING....
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| 01:02:48 |
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IS A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT QUESTION AND ONE THING I WOULD SAY TO EVERYONE IS CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR YOUR LIBRARIES. LET YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OR...
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| 01:04:26 |
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I WOULD JUST REINFORCE WHAT LAURA BUSH SAID ABOUT ADVOCACY. AT A TIME WHEN THE ECONOMY IS AS IT IS, LOTS OF FOLKS DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF BUYING...
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IMPORTANT. >> BEING OUT OF WORK AND
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| 01:04:42 |
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LOOKING FOR JOBS, ALL THE APPLICATIONS ARE ONLINE NOW, YOU HAVE TO BE FACILE ONLINE. WHEN I WAS AT THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, 50% OF OUR POPULATION,...
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| 01:05:03 |
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A LOT OF PEOPLE, THE LIBRARY USE ACTUALLY GOES UP BECAUSE PEOPLE DO JUST WHAT DAVID SAID. THEY COME IN AND USE THE COMPUTERS THERE AND THEY PROBABLY NEED...
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| 01:07:35 |
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TALK A BIT ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE IN HAITI. >> I DID GO TO
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| 01:07:39 |
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HAITI. I HAVE NOT BEEN SINCE THE EARTHQUAKE BUT OF COURSE, GEORGE HAS BECAUSE GEORGE AND BILL CLINTON HAVE THE BUSH-CLINTON FUND AND THEY HAVE BEEN A...
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| 01:09:53 |
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AND BEING AROUND POLITICIANS, WHAT IS THE GREATEST PIECE OF ADVICE YOU CAN GIVE A YOUNG PERSON ASPIRING TO ENTER POLITICS? >> IT AIN'T AS
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BAD AS IT LOOKS. [ APPLAUSE ] I KNOW WHAT GEORGE WOULD SAY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN POLITICS, HE WOULD SAY GO TO WORK. FIGURE OUT WHAT PARTY YOU WANT...
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THANK YOU FOR GRACING OUR STAGE TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU,
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DAVID. THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH US AT THE LIBRARY. IT'S BEEN GREAT. >>
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PLEASURE. >> THANK
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YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR COMING AND HELLO TO ALL MY GOOD FRIENDS THAT ARE OUT THERE. I KNOW THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT WORKED ON MY STAFF AND GEORGE'S STAFF...
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| 01:13:19 |
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AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU COULD PLEASE REMAIN IN YOUR SEATS UNTIL WE ARE GIVEN THE GO AHEAD TO CLEAR THE THEATER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>>
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