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I think God made a woman to be strong and not to be trampled under the feet of men. I've always felt this way because my mother was a very strong woman, without a husband. ↗

— Little Richard

#always #be strong #because #feet #felt

Gay people are the sweetest, kindest, most artistic, warmest and most thoughtful people in the world. And since the beginning of time all they've ever been is kicked. ↗

— Little Richard

#been #beginning #ever #gay #kicked

I also think that what's wrong with all of us is that we don't show enough love toward each other. ↗

— Little Richard

#each #enough #i #love #other

I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint. ↗

— Little Richard

#blueprint #guided #had #i #idea

I don't think people maybe think that the government does tell them the truth. I think they expect politicians who are going to tell them one thing and then when they get in office do something else. ↗

— Ann Richards

#else #expect #get #going #government

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

#could #entertainer #expectations #going #had

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

— Ann Richards

#administration #after #days #decisiveness #i

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

— Ann Richards

#just #know #made #neighborhoods #new

I won it, at least five million times. Men who were stronger, bigger and faster than I was could have done it, but they never picked up a pole, and never made the feeble effort to pick their legs off the ground and get over the bar. ↗

— Bob Richards

#bigger #could #done #effort #faster

And because of President Obama, more women than ever are serving in the Cabinet and on the Supreme Court. ↗

— Cecile Richards

#cabinet #court #ever #more #obama