Ann Richards
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"Dorothy Ann Willis Richards" was an United States/American politician and the 45th Governor of Texas. A Democrat, she first came to national attention as the state treasurer of Texas, when she delivered the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Richards served as the List of Governors of Texas/45th Governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995 and was defeated for re-election in 1994 by George W. Bush. Ann Richards was the second List of female state governors in the United States/female governor of Texas, and was frequently noted in the media for her outspoken feminism and her One-line joke/one-liners.

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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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There is a lot more to life than just struggling to make money.

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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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The public does not like you to mislead or represent yourself to be something you're not. And the other thing that the public really does like is the self-examination to say, you know, I'm not perfect. I'm just like you. They don't ask their public officials to be perfect. They just ask them to be smart, truthful, honest, and show a modicum of good sense.

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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've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you.

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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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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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Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done, and it remains the hardest work I have done to date.

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I'm really glad that your young people missed the Depression I'm really glad that your young people missed the Depression and missed the big war. But I do regret that they missed the leaders that I knew, leaders who told us when things were tough and that we'd have to sacrifice, and that these difficulties might last awhile. They brought us together and they gave us a sense of national purpose.

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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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I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books.

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[Our understanding is] not intellectual, but instinctive.

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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 get a lot of cracks about my hair, mostly from men who don't have any.

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I feel very strongly that change is good because it stirs up the system.

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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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