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"It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it."
"I did not choose necessarily on the basis of significance. If you have a vote for the most significant athlete, then you have Ali, then you have Babe Ruth, then you have Michael Jordan."
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"I would never say somebody had to vote for anybody. That would be terrible. I haven't said that."
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"It doesn't matter who you vote for. It's still the same billionaires that run the world."
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"I try hard to convince them it's important - but there's a history of discomfort with minorities voting in some parts of this country, so most especially the older people have to get accustomed to it."
"During the election, I had three male opponents and we went into a runoff. The front runner for the men was a native of Dallas who had run at large before, but I had a higher profile than him from my community service."
"Right after 9/11 there was a magazine with a cover of kids, mostly 12-14 year-olds, who were being trained for military combat. I thought that this had just gone too far."
"Within a month I announced I was going to start this initiative: A World of Women for World Peace."
"Our first phase was inviting all the women Ambassadors who were here from other countries and trying to get in touch with all the peace centers around the country in order to focus on increasing the volume and activity toward peace."
"As lawmakers, we must assure the people of America that our nation will not experience the nightmare of the 2000 presidential election."
"I came up in a family oriented towards the sick, so I always felt an obligation for doing something."
"Dallas was a Black and White society at that time; it didn't have the diversity it has now."
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