Mary Cheney Quotes

• 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 Cheney

  Loving Life, Parent, Tabloids

  Mary Cheney (2006). “Now It's My Turn: A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life”, Pocket Books

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• Every piece of remotely responsible research that has been done in the last 20 years on this issue has shown there is no difference between children who are raised by same-sex parents and children who are raised by opposite-sex parents. What matters is that children are being raised in a stable, loving environment.

  Mary Cheney

  Sex, Children, What Matters

  "Mary Cheney defends same-sex parenthood / Vice president's lesbian daughter says baby not 'prop'" by Katharine Q. Seelye, www.sfgate.com. February 2, 2007.

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• I didnt know that President Bush would endorse a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.

  Mary Cheney

  Sex, President, Amendments

  Mary Cheney (2006). “Now It's My Turn: A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life”, Pocket Books

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• Life would be so much harder if I had to lie about who I was.

  Mary Cheney

  Lying, Would Be, Harder

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• I'd rather not be known as the Vice President's lesbian daughter.

  Mary Cheney

  Daughter, Mother, President

  Mary Cheney (2006). “Now It's My Turn: A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life”, p.14, Simon and Schuster

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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.

  Mary Cheney

  School, Gay, Years

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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.

  Mary Cheney

  Mom, Dad, Littles

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• There are millions of gay people in the United States, including well-known celebrities.

  Mary Cheney

  Gay, People, United States

  Mary Cheney (2006). “Now It's My Turn: A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life”, Pocket Books

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• The vice presidential candidate tends to be a bit of an afterthought.

  Mary Cheney

  Presidential, Vices, Vice President

  Mary Cheney (2006). “Now It's My Turn: A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life”, Pocket Books

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• In the 1980s, there weren't a lot of role models for gay teenagers.

  Mary Cheney

  Teenager, Pride, Gay

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• Heather and I decided we were going to be pretty low-key at the convention.

  Mary Cheney

  Keys, Heathers, Lows

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• It's always better to deliver the news yourself rather than allow your boss to be surprised.

  Mary Cheney

  Boss, News, Owners

  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.

  Mary Cheney

  Thinking, People, Giving

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• It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.

  Mary Cheney

  Sex, Years, Opposition

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• Campaign staffers develop the ability to sleep through anything.

  Mary Cheney

  Sleep, Campaigns, Ability

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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.

  Mary Cheney

  Office, President, Vices

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• Campaigning in Wyoming is politics at its most retail level. It's done one voter at a time.

  Mary Cheney

  Wyoming, Retail, Done

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• Early numbers are always wrong.

  Mary Cheney

  Numbers, Always Wrong

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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 Cheney

  School, Different, Made

  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 Cheney

  Gay, Gay Pride, Firsts

  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 Cheney

  Jobs, Home, Office

  Mary Cheney (2006). “Now It's My Turn: A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life”, Pocket Books

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• I would also hope that no one would think about trying to amend the constitution as a political strategy.

  Mary Cheney

  Thinking, Political, Trying

  "Mary Cheney on 'FOX News Sunday'". "FOX News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. May 15, 2006.

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• For the record, I love my sister. But she is dead wrong on the marriage issue.

  Mary Cheney

  Gay, Issues, Records

  "Top 10 PR Blunders of 2013" by Rich Robinson, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 27, 2013.

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