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Lynne Ann Cheney (/ˈtʃeɪni/; née Vincent; born August 14, 1941) is an American author, scholar, and former talk-show host. She is the wife of the 46th Vice President of the United States, Dick Cheney and served as the Second Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

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E is for the EDUCATORS, the women who taught us well.

Educator, Educators, Taught, Taught Us, Women

I have never written anything sexually explicit.

Explicit, Sexually, Written

I soon discovered, after I became chairman of the NEH, that, for a number of academics, the truth was not merely irrelevant - it no longer existed.

Numbers, Chairman, Irrelevant, Academics, Neh

Expecting to be able to get rid of the competitive drive, first of all, flies in the face of human nature - and little girls certainly have this drive, as much as little boys do, or at least the little girls I have observed in my immediate family have it.

Boys, Girl, Girls, Littles, Nature

Well, my father's people were Mormon, and had immigrated not long after Brigham Young had settled Utah.

Brigham, Father, Long, People, Utah

Well, part of it is a longstanding belief - it's been in our education establishment at least since the 1930s - that somehow children should be allowed to discover knowledge for themselves, that they should construct their own knowledge. This has surfaced most recently in connection with mathematics instruction, where the idea is that they need to discover how to add for themselves. Rather than being taught how to add, they should construct this knowledge on their own.

1930S, Belief, Children, Discovery, Ideas, Surfaced

There can be differences of opinion without there being personal differences.

Differences, Differences Of Opinion, Opinion, Personal

Casper Wyo. , population 18,000 when I was born, was large enough to hold the surprises of civilization, but small enough that the prairie was close by - for some in our town, right out the front door - stretching on forever, under the great curving sky.

Civilization, Curving, Door, Doors, Sky

You know, my mother had a rule which was people are just people.

Know, Knows, Mother, People, Rule

Dogs don't bark at parked cars.

Bark, Car, Cars, Dog, Dogs, Inspirational

Stress isn't caused by bad times, but by working where you feel your talents are being underappreciated.

Bad Times, Caused, Stress, Talent, Talents