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Wendy Davis

Mine is a story about a teenage single mother who struggled to keep her young family afloat. It's a story about a young woman who was given a precious opportunity to work her way up in the world. It's a story about resiliency, and sacrifice, and perseverance. And you're damn right it's a true story.
— Wendy Davis family
I was living as a young single mom. I was 19 when I was divorced, and my daughter was a year old, and I waited tables here three to four nights a week for several years while I was trying to support myself and my daughter and the day I got that acceptance at Harvard Law School was an unforgettable day.
— Wendy Davis living
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 success
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
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 hope
I'm a very competitive person. You won't change things unless you are prepared to fight, even if you don't win. But I do hate losing.
— Wendy Davis change
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 work
Let's make sure that we are working for age-appropriate sex education in our school system.
— Wendy Davis education
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 education
I'm happy in Lululemon, with a glass of red wine, watching HGTV.
— Wendy Davis happy
When you're serving at the local level, you have to build strong personal relationships to get things done.
— Wendy Davis relationships
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 life
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 life
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 people
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 life
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
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 women
Enough to using Texas as a political laboratory for testing far-right ideas. Enough to using Texas as a workshop for fattening the wallets of their special interest friends and supporters. And enough of politicians listening only to each other, rather than real Texans.
— Wendy Davis work
Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change.
— Wendy Davis change
Texans deserve better than failed leaders who dole out favors to friends and cronies behind closed doors. It's time for a governor who believes that you don't have to buy a place in Texas' future. It's time for a governor who believes that the future of Texas belongs to all of us.
— Wendy Davis time
Texas deserves a leader who understands that making education a priority creates good jobs for Texans and keeps Texas on top.
— Wendy Davis education
We can't accept that it's O.K. if only some kids get to go to college.
— Wendy Davis kids
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 education
Harvard was the most intimidating experience. I felt so out of my league there.
— Wendy Davis experience
I've never worried about payback. People are hungry for leadership that's not afraid of political consequence.
— Wendy Davis leadership
Mine is a story about a teenage single mother who struggled to keep her young family afloat. Its a story about a young woman who was given a precious opportunity to work her way up in the world. Its a story about resiliency, and sacrifice, and perseverance. And youre damn right its a true story.
— Wendy Davis family

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