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Ann Richards quotes: [Our understanding is] not intellectual, but instinctive.

[Our understanding is] not intellectual, but instinctive.

Ann Richards quotes: I've had lots of good advice.

I've had lots of good advice.

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

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

Ann Richards quotes: We saw farms go on the auction block while we bought food from foreign countries. Well, that's wrong.

We saw farms go on the auction block while we bought food from foreign countries. Well, that's wrong.

Ann Richards quotes: Well, you know my number one cause has always been that women's reproductive health needs to be protected.

Well, you know my number one cause has always been that women's reproductive health needs to be protected.

Ann Richards quotes: Power is what calls the shots, and power is a white male game.

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

Ann Richards quotes: I work very hard on my health, and I think about it, of course, like I've never thought before.

I work very hard on my health, and I think about it, of course, like I've never thought before.

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

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

Ann Richards quotes: A road to a friend's house is never long.

A road to a friend's house is never long.

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

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

Ann Richards quotes: One of the truths of our time is the hunger deep in people are over the planet for coming into relationship with each other.

One of the truths of our time is the hunger deep in people are over the planet for coming into relationship with each other.

Ann Richards quotes: I have an awfully good life.

I have an awfully good life.

Ann Richards quotes: I feel very strongly that change is good because it stirs up the system.

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

Ann Richards quotes: I think in the immediate days after 9/11, the administration acted very, very well. I liked the decisiveness of it.

I think in the immediate days after 9/11, the administration acted very, very well. I liked the decisiveness of it.

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

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

Ann Richards quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Life isn't fair, but government must be,

Life isn't fair, but government must be,

Ann Richards quotes: Jesse Jackson is a leader and a teacher who can open our hearts and open our minds and stir our very souls.

Jesse Jackson is a leader and a teacher who can open our hearts and open our minds and stir our very souls.

Ann Richards quotes: We have forgotten to be our brothers and sisters keepers. And we have forgotten that the Number 1 goal is to love one another.

We have forgotten to be our brothers and sisters keepers. And we have forgotten that the Number 1 goal is to love one another.

Ann Richards quotes: Poor George [Bush], he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.

Poor George [Bush], he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.

Ann Richards quotes: I just feel like I'm a very lucky person to have a new life outside of politics.

I just feel like I'm a very lucky person to have a new life outside of politics.

Ann Richards quotes: 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.

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 quotes: You can put lipstick and earrings on a hog and call it Monique, but it's still a pig.

You can put lipstick and earrings on a hog and call it Monique, but it's still a pig.

Ann Richards quotes: Well, you know, too much democracy is a sort of sad thing.

Well, you know, too much democracy is a sort of sad thing.

Ann Richards quotes: Oh, I would probably have raised more hell.

Oh, I would probably have raised more hell.

Ann Richards quotes: I believe in recovery, and as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.

I believe in recovery, and 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 quotes: People work for a living. They got families to raise. Their lives are tough.

People work for a living. They got families to raise. Their lives are tough.

Ann Richards quotes: I like candidates who tell me something that is going to make a difference to me.

I like candidates who tell me something that is going to make a difference to me.

Ann Richards quotes: Learn to enjoy your own company. You are the one person you can count on living with for the rest of your life.

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 quotes: I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back.

I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back.

Ann Richards quotes: The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it's all we'll need.

The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it's all we'll need.

Ann Richards quotes: 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.

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 quotes: July does not a November election make.

July does not a November election make.

Ann Richards quotes: Doctors are our partners, and they need all the assistance we can give them to be sure we get the right diagnosis.

Doctors are our partners, and they need all the assistance we can give them to be sure we get the right diagnosis.

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

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

Ann Richards quotes: I travel all over the country making speeches for people I believe in.

I travel all over the country making speeches for people I believe in.

Ann Richards quotes: There is a lot more to this life than just the struggle to make money.

There is a lot more to this life than just the struggle to make money.

Ann Richards quotes: I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you.

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

Ann Richards quotes: I'm against an income tax because all the rich people hire lawyers and accountants to be sure that they don't pay income tax.

I'm against an income tax because all the rich people hire lawyers and accountants to be sure that they don't pay income tax.

Ann Richards quotes: I've been tested by fire, and the fire lost.

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

Ann Richards quotes: I was born during the Depression in a little community just outside Waco, and I grew up listening to Franklin Roosevelt on the radio.

I was born during the Depression in a little community just outside Waco, and I grew up listening to Franklin Roosevelt on the radio.

Ann Richards quotes: If you think taking care of yourself is selfish, change your mind. If you don't, you're simply ducking your responsibilities.

If you think taking care of yourself is selfish, change your mind. If you don't, you're simply ducking your responsibilities.

Ann Richards quotes: Well it's really hard to satisfy the right wing. I can tell you that.

Well it's really hard to satisfy the right wing. I can tell you that.

Ann Richards quotes: I'm not afraid to shake up the system, and government needs more shaking up than any other system I know.

I'm not afraid to shake up the system, and government needs more shaking up than any other system I know.

Ann Richards quotes: There is not a doubt in my mind that the people of America are hunkered down. They are afraid.

There is not a doubt in my mind that the people of America are hunkered down. They are afraid.

Ann Richards quotes: 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.

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.

Ann Richards quotes: I get a lot of cracks about my hair, mostly from men who don't have any.

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

Ann Richards quotes: If you can't fill the till, then don't pass the bill.

If you can't fill the till, then don't pass the bill.