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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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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
Feeling
Wrong
Father
Feelings
Found
Anything
Dad
Might
College
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Told

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The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it's all we'll need.
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A road to a friend's house is never long.
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Oh, I would probably have raised more hell.
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I'm against an income tax because all the rich people hire lawyers and accountants to be sure that they don't pay income tax.
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You can put lipstick and earrings on a hog and call it Monique, but it's still a pig.
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I had such high expectations of myself. I was going to be the best mother, the best housewife, the best entertainer, the best nurse, you know - what it was, I was going to be the best. And I could never live up to my expectations.
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After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.
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I'm not afraid to shake up the system, and government needs more shaking up than any other system I know.
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Poor George [Bush], he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.
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We have forgotten to be our brothers and sisters keepers. And we have forgotten that the Number 1 goal is to love one another.
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