A Quote by Mary Fallin

I thought I could make a difference, so I ran for office.

Mary Fallin

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Mary Fallin
American - Politician
Born: December 9, 1954

We got a lot of politicians that will kiss babies, cut ribbons, do whatever it takes to be popular. That's not why I ran for office. I ran for office to make the generational changes in Louisiana.

Bobby Jindal

As a young prosecutor, I used the Bureau of Criminal Investigation extensively. I saw that there were problems with BCI. Frankly, I thought I could fix them. I thought if I was successful, I could really make a difference as attorney general.

Mike DeWine

I want to be known as the mayor who happens to be Latino who made a difference. I ran to make a difference.

Antonio Villaraigosa

It wasn't until 1998 that I ever seriously thought about running for office. And I didn't make up my mind to do that until 1999, and then I ran for the Senate. It was really hard for me.

Hillary Clinton

I ran for political office in the Hamptons once in a war I was having with the village. I came in, there were four people running, and I came in around third. It was over my food market - they arrested me. I just wanted to go for office because I thought it would be an interesting to do.

Jerry Della Femina

I thought the race could be won in the last kilometers in the park. Every hill I ran in training I ran to gain an extra step in the park.

Paul Tergat

When I first ran for public office, it was with the passion and idealism of a young man who believed that government could help make our lives better, that public service was a calling and that citizenship demanded responsibilities. There was a greater good.

James McGreevey

Oh, it makes a difference, I thought. And if it doesn't make a difference you will make it make a difference.

Chaim Potok

I ran spotlight. Swept up. Did box office. Ran the lighting board. But acting was the most fun.

Tim Robbins

Before I ran for office, I ran a game studio.

Brianna Wu

I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.

Samuel Dash

I actually love physics, but art is where I thought I could make a difference for my country.

Dasha Zhukova

My father never ran for office or supported anybody for office, and was not engaged in that at all.

Jeff Sessions

When I first ran for office in 1980, there weren't that many women running for office.

Mazie Hirono

Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not?

Queen Latifah

Getting elected Governor of New Mexico, I really did enjoy that job. I thought I made a really big difference, and I think the same running for president of the United States - that I could make a really big, positive difference.

Gary Johnson

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