Ann Richards Quotes

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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.

  Ann Richards

  Leadership, Truth, America

  Ann Richards' Address at the Democratic National Convention in Texas, www.nytimes.com. July 19, 1988.

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  After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.

  Ann Richards

  Inspirational, Dance, Women

  Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 19 July 1988, Atlanta GA

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• Ann Richards on How to Be a Good Republican: 1. You have to believe that the nation's current 8-year prosperity was due to the work of Ronald Reagan and George Bush, but yesterday's gasoline prices are all Clinton's fault. 2. You have to believe that those privileged from birth achieve success all on their own. 3. You have to be against all government programs, but expect Social Security checks on time.

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  Believe, Years, Gasoline Prices

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• I've been tested by fire, and the fire lost.

  Ann Richards

  Fire, Lost, Tested

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• I'm really glad that our young people missed the Depression and missed the great 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 didn't tell us things were hard for us because we were different, or isolated, or special interests. They brought us together and they gave us a sense of national purpose.

  Ann Richards

  Regret, War, Sacrifice

  Ann Richards' Address at the Democratic National Convention in Texas, www.nytimes.com. July 19, 1988.

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• Life isn't fair, but government must be.

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  Government, Fairs

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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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  Brother, Numbers, Goal

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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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  Pigs, Hog, Stills

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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.

  Ann Richards

  Inspirational, Rest Of Your Life, Enjoy

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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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  Country, Children, Home

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  I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.'

  Ann Richards

  Tombstone, House, Want

  "Former Texas Governor Ann Richards Dies at 73". www.foxnews.com. September 14, 2006.

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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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  Men, Hair, Cracks

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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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  Motivational, Success, Crush

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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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  Country, Believe, Play

  Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 19 July 1988, Atlanta GA

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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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  Real, Book, Reading

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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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  Smart, Self, Perfect

  "Ann Richards Discusses Texas, Politics and Humor". "Larry King Live", transcripts.cnn.com. January 23, 2001.

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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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  Inspirational, Mistake, Believe

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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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  Tombstone, Thinking, Government

  "Former Texas Governor Ann Richards Dies at 73". www.foxnews.com. September 14, 2006.

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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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  Inspiring, Selfish, Responsibility

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• One of the most valuable lessons I learned...is that we all have to learn from our mistakes, and we learn from those mistakes a lot more than we learn from the things we succeeded in doing.

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  Mistake, Lessons, Valuable

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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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  Children, Cake, Life Is Like

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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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  Feet, Mouths, Politics

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• Cherish your friends and family as if your life depended on it. Because it does.

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  Family, Doe, Mediocrity

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

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  Games, White, Males

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• We're living in a whole new social and economic order with a whole new set of problems and challenges. Old assumptions and old programs don't work in this new society and the more we try to stretch them to make them fit, the more we will be seen as running away from what is reality.

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  Running, Reality, Order

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