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Power is what calls the shots, and power is a white male game.
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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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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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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I've been tested by fire, and the fire lost.
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If you can't fill the till, then don't pass the bill.
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I feel very strongly that change is good because it stirs up the system.
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