Growing up I never imagined a little girl from a border town could one day become a governor. But this is America. In America algo es possible.
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Growing up, I never imagined a girl from a border town could one day become a governor.
Every single day I've been governor, I hear from a little girl who thinks it's the greatest thing ever that we have a woman governor.
There is a fundamental notion at the core of American identity that, in this country, any little boy or girl can grow up to be president.
Where else but in America could a schoolteacher from Kansas City end up the governor of her adopted state?
It's important for whoever is governor to be somebody with a breadth of experience in life, in business, and in service.
I started in the mailroom, literally, as an intern... in 1974. The legislator I was working for at the time said, 'I want you to get your law degree and come back here and get elected and be the first woman governor.' I kind of took that guy seriously - I thought that sounded like a pretty good idea.
Even during my father's 1984 gubernatorial campaign, it was, 'Do you want to grow up and be governor one day?' 'No. I am four.'
In America, any boy can grow up to become president. Or, if he never grows up, vice president.
As the first Hispanic female governor in history, little girls often come up to me in the grocery store or the mall. They look and point, and when they get the courage, they ask 'Are you Susana?' and they run up and give me a hug.
The best governor in the world is the person who never really planned to be governor.
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