Too many Americans are out of work, and our debt is out of control.

My dad was a golden gloves boxer in the Marine Corps, then a deputy sheriff. My mom worked as an office assistant.

My parents taught me to never give up and to always believe that my future could be whatever I dreamt it to be.

Success is the American Dream. And that success is not something to be ashamed of, or to demonize.

I've known where my heritage is from all along.

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.

Despite what some would have us believe, success is not built on resentment and fear.

At 18, I guarded the parking lot at the Catholic Church bingos. Now my dad made sure I could take care of myself. I carried a Smith and Wesson 357 Magnum .

New Mexico is an environment where we are open for business.

Success, they taught me, is built on the foundation of courage, hard-work and individual responsibility. Despite what some would have us believe, success is not built on resentment and fears.

I fear some of our leaders today have lost the courage to stand up. What we have now are politicians. They won't offer real plans, and only stand up when they want to blame someone else.

Burn yourself with love

I'm not going to conform to some consumer need.

Divine love always has been, and always will be, the answer that you seek.

I've worked with wonderful actors like Marlon Brando and Henry Fonda.

The world exists only when we think about it; creation stories are for children. In reality the world is created every moment.

A hard beginnyng makth a good endyng.

You may be a princess or the richest woman in the world, but you cannot be more than a lady.

You're not allowed to give yourself a nickname. This holds true in life as well as in poker.

You collect impressions from people, from life, from your own daydreams.