Everywhere we go everyone says the same thing, 'Please, please, please run,' and Mitt and I are like, we've done that, and we're going to let the next group come along and see what's going to happen there, we're in a different place right now, and we're really focused on these charities that we're involved with and our grandchildren.

Ann Romney

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How I measure riches is by the friends I have and the loved ones I have and the people I care about in my life and that is where my values are and those are my riches.

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When you're used to being healthy and strong and vibrant and everything and then - bang - overnight you're desperately ill, it's frightening.

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Multiple Sclerosis is obviously close to my heart and I'm determined to make a difference in the lives of people who suffer from the disease by raising the profile of MS, as well as raising funds for advocacy and research.

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You can never predict what kind of tough decisions are going to come in front of a President's desk. But if you can trust they will do the right thing, and maybe the hard thing, and maybe not the popular thing, and if you really want to know how a person will operate, look at how they've lived their life.

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I am the granddaughter of a Welsh coal miner who was determined that his kids get out of the mines. My dad got his first job when he was six years old, in a little village in Wales called Nantyffyllon, cleaning bottles at the Colliers Arms.

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I made a choice to stay home and raise five boys. Believe me, it... by Ann Romney

I made a choice to stay home and raise five boys. Believe me, it was hard work.

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We can be poor in spirit, and I don’t even consider myself wealthy, which is an interesting thing. It can be here today and gone tomorrow.

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The thing that's nice about pregnancy is that in the end, you hav... by Ann Romney

The thing that's nice about pregnancy is that in the end, you have a baby.

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Everywhere I go people come up to me, they mob me - anyone who has MS or has a relative with MS - they come up and hug and cry.

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I love the fact that there are also women out there that don't have a choice and they must go to work and they still have to raise the kids. Thank goodness that we value those people too.

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I read somewhere that Mitt and I have a 'storybook marriage.' Well, in the storybooks I read, there were never long, long, rainy winter afternoons in a house with five boys screaming at once. And those storybooks never seemed to have chapters called MS or breast cancer.

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As his partner on this amazing journey, I can tell you Mitt Romney was not handed success. He built it.

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We all have burdens and we need to learn to carry each other's bu... by Ann Romney

We all have burdens and we need to learn to carry each other's burdens, lighten each other's load.

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I think we recognize as Americans there are certain things that are just primary to the freedoms and liberties that we enjoy here and religious freedom is one of the most important things we as Americans cherish.

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We're too smart to know there aren't easy answers. But we're not dumb enough to accept that there aren't better answers.

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It's the moms who always have to work a little harder, to make ev... by Ann Romney

It's the moms who always have to work a little harder, to make everything right.

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You can never ask God to tell you what the end is. You can ask, "Is this a good thing to do?" But not, "How is this going to turn out?" That answer you will never get.

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This is the genius of America: dreams fulfilled help others launc... by Ann Romney

This is the genius of America: dreams fulfilled help others launch new dreams.

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They were not easy years. You have to understand, I was raised in a lovely neighborhood, as was Mitt, and at BYU, we moved into a $62-a-month basement apartment with a cement floor and lived there two years as students with no income... Neither one of us had a job, because Mitt had enough of an investment from stock that we could sell off a little at a time.

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A storybook marriage? No, not at all. What Mitt Romney and I have... by Ann Romney

A storybook marriage? No, not at all. What Mitt Romney and I have is a real marriage.

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