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I believe in recovery, and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.

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Ann Richards
Age: 73 †
Born: 1933
Born: September 1
Died: 2006
Died: September 13
Former Governor Of Texas
Politician
Lacy Lakeview
Texas
Dorothy Ann Richards
People
Mistake
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Osteoporosis is a disease that attacks the bones in your body. It happens to really almost everyone when they get really old. But for women, after menopause, they can lose up to 30 percent of their bone mass.
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Power is what calls the shots, and power is a white male game.
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I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you.
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One of the truths of our time is the hunger deep in people are over the planet for coming into relationship with each other.
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I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back.
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We saw farms go on the auction block while we bought food from foreign countries. Well, that's wrong.
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Cherish your friends and family as if your life depended on it. Because it does.
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I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She opened government to everyone.'
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Oh, I would probably have raised more hell.
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I have always had the feeling I could do anything and my dad told me I could. I was in college before I found out he might be wrong.
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