Mary Cheney quotes
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“I didnt know that President Bush would endorse a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.”
-- Mary CheneySource : Mary Cheney (2006). “Now It's My Turn: A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life”, Pocket Books
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“I'm happy to say that I'm a lesbian in the world. I know there are people who don't want to be called women comedians, but I think it gives a path to the fact that we live in extremely patriarchal times.”
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“It's always better to deliver the news yourself rather than allow your boss to be surprised.”
-- Mary CheneySource : Mary Cheney (2006). “Now It's My Turn: A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life”, Pocket Books
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“Heather and I decided we were going to be pretty low-key at the convention.”
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“In the 1980s, there weren't a lot of role models for gay teenagers.”
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“The vice presidential candidate tends to be a bit of an afterthought.”
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“Life would be so much harder if I had to lie about who I was.”
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“It wasn't a secret that I was gay. I'd come out to my parents during my junior year of high school, on the day that I also wrecked the family car.”
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“There are millions of gay people in the United States, including well-known celebrities.”
-- Mary CheneySource : Mary Cheney (2006). “Now It's My Turn: A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life”, Pocket Books
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“I'm probably a little more like my dad. But because of my mom, I never saw being a woman as being an impediment to being able to do something. She had her Ph.D. before I was born.”
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“It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.”
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“I would also hope that no one would think about trying to amend the constitution as a political strategy,”
-- Mary CheneySource : "Mary Cheney on 'FOX News Sunday'". "FOX News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. May 15, 2006.
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“I'd rather not be known as the Vice President's lesbian daughter.”
-- Mary CheneySource : Mary Cheney (2006). “Now It's My Turn: A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life”, p.14, Simon and Schuster
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“Campaign staffers develop the ability to sleep through anything.”
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“After being sworn in to office, vice presidents have usually been relegated to the sidelines, where they just don't get to do very much.”
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“Campaigning in Wyoming is politics at its most retail level. It's done one voter at a time.”
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“Having loving and supporting parents didn't make me feel any better about the possibility of seeing my personal life splashed across newspapers and tabloids.”
-- Mary CheneySource : Mary Cheney (2006). “Now It's My Turn: A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life”, Pocket Books
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“I always knew that there was something that made me different, and by the time I was in high school, I understood what it was.”
-- Mary CheneySource : Mary Cheney (2006). “Now It's My Turn: A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life”, Pocket Books
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“I'm not sure when I first knew that I was gay.”
-- Mary CheneySource : Mary Cheney (2006). “Now It's My Turn: A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life”, Pocket Books
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“I came very close to quitting my job for the Bush-Cheney '04 campaign. I seriously considered packing up my office and heading home to Colorado.”
-- Mary CheneySource : Mary Cheney (2006). “Now It's My Turn: A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life”, Pocket Books
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“For the record, I love my sister. But she is dead wrong on the marriage issue.”
-- Mary CheneySource : "Top 10 PR Blunders of 2013" by Rich Robinson, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 27, 2013.
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