Showing posts with label reading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reading. Show all posts

189 days to go

"People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I'll give you an example; I don't read what's handed to me. People say, 'Here, here's your speech, or here's an idea for a speech.' They're changed. Trust me."
     —Interviews with The New York Times; March 15, 2000

A glimpse into the complex thought processes of Dubya.

216 days to go

"[I'm] occasionally reading, I want you to know, in the second term."
     —Washington, D.C.; March 16, 2005

Well, that's better than not reading at all during the first term.

248 days to go

"Reading is the basics for all learning."
     —Announcing the "Reading First" initiative; Reston, VA; March 28, 2000

Reading, Riting, and Rithmetic.