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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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-richards/the-public-does-not-like-you-to-mislead-or-represent-yourself-to-be/)

[Ann Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-richards/)

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## More by Ann Richards

> [ \[Our understanding is\] not intellectual, but instinctive. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-richards/our-understanding-is-not-intellectual-but-instinctive/)

[Ann Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-richards/)

> [I like candidates who tell me something that is going to make a difference to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-richards/i-like-candidates-who-tell-me-something-that-is-going-to-make-a/)

[Ann Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-richards/)

> [I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-richards/i-have-very-strong-feelings-about-how-you-lead-your-life-you-always/)

[Ann Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-richards/)

> [We have forgotten to be our brothers and sisters keepers. And we have forgotten that the Number 1 goal is to love one another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-richards/we-have-forgotten-to-be-our-brothers-and-sisters-keepers-and-we-have/)

[Ann Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-richards/)

> [I was born during the Depression in a little community just outside Waco, and I grew up listening to Franklin Roosevelt on the radio.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-richards/i-was-born-during-the-depression-in-a-little-community-just-outside/)

[Ann Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-richards/)

> [July does not a November election make.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-richards/july-does-not-a-november-election-make/)

[Ann Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-richards/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-richards/i-think-you-have-to-deal-with-grief-in-the-sense-that-you-have-to/)

[Ann Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-richards/)

> [Cherish your friends and family as if your life depended on it. Because it does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-richards/cherish-your-friends-and-family-as-if-your-life-depended-on-it/)

[Ann Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-richards/)

> [I had such high expectations of myself. I was going to be the best mother, the best housewife, the best entertainer, the best nurse,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-richards/i-had-such-high-expectations-of-myself-i-was-going-to-be-the-best/)

[Ann Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-richards/)

> [I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-richards/i-did-not-want-my-tombstone-to-read-she-kept-a-really-clean-house/)

[Ann Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-richards/)

> [Young women should begin to build bone mass early in their lives. The more mass there is, the less they will lose in later…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-richards/young-women-should-begin-to-build-bone-mass-early-in-their-lives-the/)

[Ann Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-richards/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-richards/i-ve-always-told-my-children-that-life-is-like-a-layer-cake-you-get/)

[Ann Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-richards/)

> [Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done, and it remains the hardest work I have done to date.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-richards/teaching-was-the-hardest-work-i-had-ever-done-and-it-remains-the/)

[Ann Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-richards/)

> [ Poor George \[Bush\], he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-richards/poor-george-bush-he-can-t-help-it-he-was-born-with-a-silver-foot-in/)

[Ann Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-richards/)

> [I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-richards/i-ve-always-said-that-in-politics-your-enemies-can-t-hurt-you-but/)

[Ann Richards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-richards/)

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