George W. Bush

==== Hobbies ====
Bush has been an avid reader throughout his adult life, preferring biographies and histories.<ref name="wp-cohen">{{cite news |last=Cohen |first=Richard |title=George W. Bush as an Avid Reader |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=December 30, 2008 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/29/AR2008122901896.html |access-date=August 6, 2014 |archive-date=August 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812164011/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/29/AR2008122901896.html |url-status=live }}</ref> During his presidency, Bush read the Bible daily,<ref name="bushmuseumofthebible">{{cite web |last1=Gryboski |first1=Michael |date=November 5, 2014 |title=George W. Bush Says He Read the Bible Every Day of His Presidency, at Museum of the Bible Event |url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/george-w-bush-says-he-read-the-bible-every-day-of-his-presidency-at-museum-of-the-bible-event-129122/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102161422/https://www.christianpost.com/news/george-w-bush-says-he-read-the-bible-every-day-of-his-presidency-at-museum-of-the-bible-event-129122/ |archive-date=November 2, 2021 |access-date=July 15, 2022 |website=The Christian Post |publication-date=November 5, 2014}}</ref> though at the end of his second term he said on television that he is "not a literalist" about Bible interpretation.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=May 15, 2021|title=Bible probably not true, says George Bush|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3686695/Bible-probably-not-true-says-George-Bush.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3686695/Bible-probably-not-true-says-George-Bush.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|website=The Daily Telegraph|date=December 9, 2008 }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=May 15, 2021|title=Excerpts: Cynthia McFadden Interviews President George W. Bush|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/Politics/story?id=6418908&page=1|website=ABC News|archive-date=May 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515030911/https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/Politics/story?id=6418908&page=1|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Walt Harrington]], a journalist, recalled seeing "books by [[John Fowles]], [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]], [[James Joyce]], and [[Gore Vidal]] lying about, as well as biographies of [[Willa Cather]] and [[Queen Victoria]]" in his home when Bush was a Texas oilman. Other activities include cigar smoking and golf.<ref name="harrington2011">{{cite news|last=Harrington|first=Walt|date=August 25, 2011|title=Dubya and Me|work=The American Scholar|url=https://theamericanscholar.org/dubya-and-me/|access-date=September 10, 2011|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327233614/https://theamericanscholar.org/dubya-and-me/|url-status=live}}</ref> Bush has also painted many paintings. One of his best-known projects is a collection of 43 paintings of immigrants, titled ''Out of Many, One''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/exhibitions/out-of-many-one-portraits-of-americas-immigrants/ | title=Out of Many, One: Portraits of America's Immigrants &#124; Exhibitions | access-date=June 1, 2022 | archive-date=May 22, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522211234/https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/exhibitions/out-of-many-one-portraits-of-americas-immigrants/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Another painting project was ''Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief's Tribute To America's Warrior''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bushcenter.org/exhibits-and-events/exhibits/2017/portraits-of-courage-exhibit.html | title=Portraits of Courage &#124; Bush Center | access-date=June 1, 2022 | archive-date=May 31, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531204227/https://www.bushcenter.org/exhibits-and-events/exhibits/2017/portraits-of-courage-exhibit.html | url-status=live }}</ref>