MJ Hegar Quotes

MJ Hegar

Profession : Politician

Birth : March 16, 1976

I think of myself as a bit of a mother bear, and if anybody poses a threat to my kids they'll see both my mother's heart and my warrior spirit. I think that they're compatible.

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I'm a huge fan of bipartisanship and working together to get things done.

MJ Hegar

I have long-since said that working... together and accomplishing things in a bipartisan way doesn't mean compromising your values.

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I've voted in a Republican primary in the past. That's something unique to Texas and a handful of other states, that we don't register as Republicans or Democrats. We vote in whichever primary we think it's more critical at the time.

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My district doesn't come to vote to the polls against something because they fear something. They will come to the polls to vote for something because they are inspired by something.

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Texans deserve a senator who represents our values, strength, courage, independence - putting Texas first.

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I didn't get a pilot slot my first time trying. We Texans don't give up easy, and everything we've accomplished is just the beginning.

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I'm kind of used to people trying to define me or, you know, lying about me.

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Being in a male-dominated career field as a combat pilot, I got used to kind of blocking out the lies in the attacks that people would levy against me and trying to tell me who I am and define who I am when I know what I'm fighting for.

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I'm very confident, that I'm going to be able to deliver better leadership to Texas than John Cornyn does - more reflective of Texas values than we are of D.C. values, which is what John Cornyn represents to most Texans.

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And I'm used to being underestimated and I'm used to taking on tough fights and winning.

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So, you know, I actually don't think it's going to be that hard to spread the message to people that their leadership - not alone John Cornyn, but including John Cornyn in a big way - is failing us.

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When I was in my third tour in Afghanistan, I was shot down. I was injured to the point where I couldn't fly anymore, so I looked into what ground jobs I could do that fulfilled me as an adrenaline junkie and, more importantly, utilized my experience.

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It's important not to try to convince others of your own reasons for change. Finding the reason why they should want to support your efforts is the key to effective change management.

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I think women are sick of the men in office telling us they are going to protect our rights and fight for us.

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We have seen a lot of barriers removed for women like myself with young children to be able to run for office.

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I didn't want to crash into the ocean, but from watching Han Solo navigate an asteroid field to watching movies like 'Perfect Storm,' it would always kind of get my adrenaline up, and I knew it was something I wanted to do.

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I've seen men and women who were fit for combat that I wanted to fight beside, and men and women who I really wouldn't want to go back into combat with. It really doesn't have anything to do with gender.

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I think we have some amazing leaders. But then we have some leaders who turn a blind eye to things that contribute negatively to a really difficult culture for women.

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If we elect people who have never been to public school, never had to worry about counting on Social Security, then how can they effectively legislate?

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