Ann Richards
Ann Richards
Dorothy Ann Willis Richardswas an 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 45th Governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995 and was defeated for re-election in 1994 by George W. Bush. Richards was the second female governor of Texas, and was frequently noted in the media for her outspoken...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 September 1933
CityLacy Lakeview, TX
CountryUnited States of America
I was really pleased ... we were all really nervous going into this debate and I thought that John Kerry knocked it out of the ballpark,
She's always going to take on whatever is the toughest challenge.
Most people assume that physician language is akin to technical, non-understandable jargon. It does not have to be that way. Doctors do not perform witchcraft. They simply interpret what they are told and what tests reveal. They diagnose and prescribe treatment. Our responsibility is to help doctors know what is going on in our bodies and to insist on clear, precise, understandable language in response.
Doctors are our partners, and they need all the assistance we can give them to be sure we get the right diagnosis.
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.
Poor George [Bush], he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.
People don't know that New York really is just made up of a group of very small neighborhoods.
Oh, I would probably have raised more hell.
I'm not afraid to shake up the system, and government needs more shaking up than any other system I know.
There is a lot more to this life than just the struggle to make money.
One of the truths of our time is the hunger deep in people are over the planet for coming into relationship with each other.
Jesse Jackson is a leader and a teacher who can open our hearts and open our minds and stir our very souls.
You bet being funny helps accomplish things. I've always maintained that people don't realize how many brain cells it takes to be funny. And politics ought to be fun -- after baseball it's our next favorite national pastime.
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.