Ann Richards Quotes

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.

Ann Richards

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 1, 1933 - September 13, 2006

Topics

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The Elian events were shocking to Cubans because we were the fair-haired boys of the Cold War. The problem is, the Cold War ended.

Joe Garcia

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I just want to continue to grow, as an actor, and dig. Hopefully, one day, I'll lose myself in a role. My only worry about that is that I just want to be able to come back home. I don't want to get lost forever. That scares me.

Jill Scott

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I quickly found that I didn't really fit into 'gay culture,' as identified by many gay people, and that it can be just as confining as straight culture, not least in the way that bisexual people are told that 'they can't make up their mind.'

John Cameron Mitchell

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I'm really interested in how people feel out new friendships, and at the start of college, that's really important.

John Allison

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I haven't changed any of my investments since I've been in the Senate and haven't purchased any stocks since I've been in the Senate.

John Barrasso

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Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.

Max Holloway

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When I was twelve, Uncle Randall looked up long enough to see that I was a reader as well, so he walked me down his hall to a linen-closet door and opened it up onto a wall of paperbacks. There were books behind books, as deep in as I could reach. He told me to take three, and when I was done, bring them back and take three more.

Stephen Graham Jones

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I have definitely had guys walk up to me, put their arm around me, and when they walk away, my shoulder smells like taco meat.

Trixie Mattel

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As a kid, falling was embarrassing. As I got older, I got used to falling and picking myself back up. There's not a sense of failure. It's of disappointment. You train so hard to not make mistakes. When you do, you're learning from that. How do I improve? How do I get better for the next time? Through every failure, there's something to be learned.

Michelle Kwan

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I built my talents on the shoulders of someone else's talent.

Michael Jordan

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My mum said to me once years ago, which really spurred me on, 'You're the funniest person I know'. I loved that.

Miranda Hart

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I think I was first choice for the part. I don't know - that's what they always tell you anyway. I didn't have to do any audition for the part. Sam saw me in Dinner and the whole thing slipped into place.

Louise Jameson

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