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Jesse Jackson is a leader and a teacher who can open our hearts and open our minds and stir our very souls.

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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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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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Poor George [Bush], he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.
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I have an awfully good life.
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I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.'
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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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You bet being funny helps accomplish things. I've always maintained that people don't realize how many brain cells it takes to be funny. And politics ought to be fun -- after baseball it's our next favorite national pastime.
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I've been tested by fire, and the fire lost.
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If you think taking care of yourself is selfish, change your mind. If you don't, you're simply ducking your responsibilities.
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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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There is a lot more to this life than just the struggle to make money.
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Now we Democrats believe that America is still the country of fair play, that we can come out of a small town or a poor neighborhood and have the same chance as anyone else, and it doesn't matter whether we are black or Hispanic, or disabled or women.
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July does not a November election make.
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I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books.
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I've always told my children that life is like a layer cake. You get to put one layer on top of the other, and whether you frost it or not is up to you.
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Oh, I would probably have raised more hell.
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People don't know that New York really is just made up of a group of very small neighborhoods.
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Weight-bearing exercise builds bone density, builds your muscular strength so that you can hold your body up where those bones have a tendency to get weak.
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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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Life isn't fair, but government must be.
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Well, you know my number one cause has always been that women's reproductive health needs to be protected.
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