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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.
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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Lacy Lakeview
Texas
Dorothy Ann Richards
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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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Power is what calls the shots, and power is a white male game.
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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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[Our understanding is] not intellectual, but instinctive.
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Cherish your friends and family as if your life depended on it. Because it does.
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