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" Let's make sure that we are working for age-appropriate sex education in our school system. "
Wendy Davis
Education
Working
System
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" Real Texans want their kids to have the best education possible, not the one politicians looking to brag about budget cuts have left us with. "
Wendy Davis
Budget
Want
Looking
" While Texas women have the right to safe, legal abortion, in reality there are already very few facilities in Texas to provide this essential care. In 2008, 92 percent of Texas counties had no abortion provider. "
Wendy Davis
Reality
Women
Care
" I've always been open about my life not because my story is unique, but because it isn't. "
Wendy Davis
Story
Unique
My Life
" Most people would identify with the fact that we tend to be defined by the struggles we came through than by the successes. And certainly for me that's true. "
Wendy Davis
People
Struggles
True
" I think that any woman who had a conversation with me and had an opportunity to truly understand my life story wouldn't view it through a critical lens. There are people, of course, in the world of politics, who look for things to be critical about. But those people are already against you. "
Wendy Davis
Politics
Life
Me
" I am proud of where I came from, and I am proud of what I've been able to achieve through hard work and perseverance. And I guarantee you that anyone who tries to say otherwise hasn't walked a day in my shoes. "
Wendy Davis
Perseverance
Day
Hard Work
" If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that. "
Wendy Davis
Would
Gun
Background
" Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change. "
Wendy Davis
Change
Amendment
Going
" Texas Republican political leaders take perverse pride in how deeply they have cut our state's education budget. Thousands of teachers have been pulled from classrooms, schools have closed and valuable programs have been canceled. In many places, districts are forced to choose between prekindergarten programs and English, algebra and art. "
Wendy Davis
Political
Pride
Texas
" The truth is that at age 19, I was a teenage mother living alone with my daughter in a trailer and struggling to keep us afloat on my way to a divorce. And I knew then that I was going to have to work my way up and out of that life if I was going to give my daughter a better life and a better future, and that's what I've done. "
Wendy Davis
Daughter
Truth
Life
" We can't accept that it's O.K. if only some kids get to go to college. "
Wendy Davis
Only
Kids
Go
" I've never worried about payback. People are hungry for leadership that's not afraid of political consequence. "
Wendy Davis
Political
Leadership
Hungry
" It's great to talk about how good things are now. But we can't sit on our laurels and expect that our time will sustain itself if we don't do a better job on issues like education... It's absolutely the case that the low cost of college tuition that I was able to enjoy and the financial aid I was able to receive made my education possible. "
Wendy Davis
Education
Time
Job
" Texans don't want to sit back and watch Austin turn into Washington, D.C. State leaders in power keep forcing people to opposite corners to prepare for a fight instead of coming together to get things done. "
Wendy Davis
Done
Fight
People
" We believe in honoring our mothers and fathers and keeping our smallest residents - our children - healthy. The politicians in charge of Texas now clearly don't. Perry has refused to even consider expanding health care coverage in Texas because he cares more about scoring political points than he does about our Texas families. "
Wendy Davis
Political
Health
Children
" I haven't pursued it as a senator because I know it's like spitting in the wind. But I still believe it's the right thing. And if I were governor and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that. "
Wendy Davis
Gun
Desk
Believe
" I'm not an overnight sensation. I'm a Texan. And I'm a Texas success story. I am the epitome of hard work and optimism. "
Wendy Davis
I Am
Success
Work
" Real Texans don't want any woman to die of cancer because she can't get decent health care or medical advice. Real Texans don't want any woman to lose control of her life because she can't get birth control. "
Wendy Davis
Woman
Control
Health
" I hope telling the story of how I went from being a single mom to serving in the Texas State Senate to running for governor will remind others that with the right leadership in government, where you start has nothing to do with how far you go. "
Wendy Davis
Leadership
Hope
Government
" Texas is not really a red state - it's just a non-voting state. "
Wendy Davis
Really
State
Red
" We need to get away from labels. That's the way people talk in Washington, D.C. - through labels, through ideological frames, through partisan frames. "
Wendy Davis
Washington
People
Need
" I have super-supercurly hair, and it's a constant struggle. "
Wendy Davis
Struggle
Constant
Hair
" Let's make sure that we don't close down 37 of the 42 clinics in Texas and leave women with nowhere to go and put them in a situation where their health will be at risk, because what we do know is that closing down the ability to access that service unfortunately does not take the need away or women's confronting that issue away. "
Wendy Davis
Texas
Health
Women
" When you're serving at the local level, you have to build strong personal relationships to get things done. "
Wendy Davis
Strong
You
Build
" When I first put my hat in the ring, several very tried and true and loyal Democratic activists from our community said, 'What? She's not a Democrat. She's a Republican.' I took that as a compliment, you know, that people didn't necessarily know what my ideology might be because I wasn't driven by that. "
Wendy Davis
People
Community
You
" I am running for my Senate district in 2014 and looking forward hopefully to earning the confidence of my community once again and being reelected for that seat. "
Wendy Davis
Community
Confidence
I Am
" I always stand out by the voting lines on Election Day, and I can't tell you how many people say, 'I've never voted for a Democrat in my life, but I'm splitting my ticket for you.' They're more engaged and thoughtful than we give them credit for. "
Wendy Davis
People
Life
Day
" The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - what a joke. In my district, we caught them lying to us about the results of air quality studies in the Barnett Shale. They are playing with the health and safety of our communities, and we are going to tell them that is not acceptable. "
Wendy Davis
Environmental
Health
Safety
" As a senator from the only true swing district in the Texas Senate, I've been targeted by the GOP for my outspoken criticism of their extremist attacks on public education and voting rights, to name just two examples. "
Wendy Davis
Texas
Education
Name
" Texas deserves a leader who understands that making education a priority creates good jobs for Texans and keeps Texas on top. "
Wendy Davis
Top
Education
Good