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Power is what calls the shots, and power is a white male game.

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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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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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Well, you know my number one cause has always been that women's reproductive health needs to be protected.
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I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it.
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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're not going to have the America that we want until we elect leaders who are going to tell the truth - not most days, but every day.
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I feel very strongly that change is good because it stirs up the system.
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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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Oh, I would probably have raised more hell.
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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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There is a special mystique to Texas. Texans represent many things to the uninitiated: We are bigger than life in our boots and Stetsons, rugged individualists whose two-steppin' has achieved world-wide acclaim, and we were the first to define hospitality.
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Young women should begin to build bone mass early in their lives. The more mass there is, the less they will lose in later life. They should enjoy a diet of calcium-rich foods and avoid food and drink that causes bone loss.
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I have an awfully good life.
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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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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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After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.
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I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She opened government to everyone.'
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Let me tell you, sisters, seeing dried egg on a plate in the morning is a lot dirtier than anything I've had to deal with in politics.
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I think you have to deal with grief in the sense that you have to recognize that you have it, and say that it's OK to have all the sadness.
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Learn to enjoy your own company. You are the one person you can count on living with for the rest of your life.
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A road to a friend's house is never long.
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