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Poor George [Bush], he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.
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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Dorothy Ann Richards
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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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