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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.

~Ann Richards

Topics: Assumptions Away Challenges Economic Fit Living Make More New Old Order Problems Programs Reality Running Running Away Seen Set Social Society Stretch Them Try Whole Will Work

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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.

~Ann Richards

Topics: Anything Deal Dried Egg Had Lot Me Morning Plate Politics Seeing Sisters Tell Than You

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I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it.

~Ann Richards

Topics: Had Knew Notion Pretty Size Texas Thought Until Well

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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.

~Ann Richards

Topics: Deal Grief Ok Recognize Sadness Say Sense Think You I Think

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Sometimes when I'm watching television and something, an image, will come on that has to do with 9/11 or some of these families telling their stories, or children talking about drawing pictures of airplanes flying into towers, you know, I find myself still choking up.

~Ann Richards

Topics: About Airplane Children Choking Come Drawing Families Find Flying Image Know Myself Pictures Some Something Sometimes Still Stories Talking Television Telling Towers Up Watching Watching Television Will You

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Osteoporosis is a disease that attacks the bones in your body. It happens to really almost everyone when they get really old. But for women, after menopause, they can lose up to 30 percent of their bone mass.

~Ann Richards

Topics: After Almost Almost Everyone Attacks Body Bone Bones Disease Everyone Get Happens Lose Mass Menopause Old Osteoporosis Percent Really Up Women Your Your Body

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Everything that we used to think got taught at home now seemingly has to be taught in the public school system, and something is going to get lost in the process.

~Ann Richards

Topics: Everything Get Going Got Home Lost Now Process Public Public School School School System Seemingly Something System Taught Think Used

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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.

~Ann Richards

Topics: Back Believe Come Know Make Mistake Model People Recovery Responsibility Role Role Model You Young Young People I Believe I Believe That I Believe In

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People don't know that New York really is just made up of a group of very small neighborhoods.

~Ann Richards

Topics: Group Just Know Made Neighborhoods New New York People Really Small Up Very York

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

~Ann Richards

Topics: About Books Care Heart People Real Soft Soft Spot Spot Who

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: September 1st, 1933

Died: September 13th, 2006

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