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I have an awfully good life.
Ann Richards
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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
Awfully
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Life
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I feel very strongly that change is good because it stirs up the system.
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I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.'
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A road to a friend's house is never long.
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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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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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I believe in recovery, and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.
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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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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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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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Poor George [Bush], he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.
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Power is what calls the shots, and power is a white male game.
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They blame the low income women for ruining the country because they are staying home with their children and not going out to work. They blame the middle income women for ruining the country because they go out to work and do not stay home to take care of their children.
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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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You can put lipstick and earrings on a hog and call it Monique, but it's still a pig.
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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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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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Doctors are our partners, and they need all the assistance we can give them to be sure we get the right diagnosis.
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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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