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We're not going to have the America that we want until we elect leaders who are going to tell the truth - not most days, but every day.
Ann Richards
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Ann Richards
Age: 73 †
Born: 1933
Born: September 1
Died: 2006
Died: September 13
Former Governor Of Texas
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Young women should begin to build bone mass early in their lives. The more mass there is, the less they will lose in later life. They should enjoy a diet of calcium-rich foods and avoid food and drink that causes bone loss.
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I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.'
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