Heather and I decided we were going to be pretty low-key at the convention.
- Mary Cheney
Pretty, Decided, Convention, Low-Key
The vice presidential candidate tends to be a bit of an afterthought.
- Mary Cheney
Vice, Candidate, Afterthought
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
Always, Made, By The Time, Understood
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
About, Having, Tabloids, Supporting
I didn't know that President Bush would endorse a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
- Mary Cheney
Amendment, Bush, Banning, Same-Sex
It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.
- Mary Cheney
Opposition, Take, Same-Sex
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
Been, Very, Vice, Sidelines
I'd rather not be known as the Vice President's lesbian daughter.
- Mary Cheney
Rather, Vice, Known, Lesbian
John Kerry didn't out me, nor did he offend or attack me by calling me a lesbian. I certainly couldn't be offended by the truth.
- Mary Cheney
Offended, Certainly, Kerry, Lesbian
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
Very, Heading, Considered, Packing
It's always better to deliver the news yourself rather than allow your boss to be surprised.
- Mary Cheney
News, Better, Always, Surprised
Campaigning in Wyoming is politics at its most retail level. It's done one voter at a time.
- Mary Cheney
Politics, Level, Most, Wyoming
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
Year, Come, Junior Year, Junior
In the 1980s, there weren't a lot of role models for gay teenagers.
- Mary Cheney
Role, Lot, Models, Role Models
Campaign staffers develop the ability to sleep through anything.
- Mary Cheney
Sleep, Through, Develop, Campaign
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
Woman, Like, Before, Impediment
I had to admit I'd pretty much failed at the whole low-profile thing.
- Mary Cheney
Admit, Pretty, Had, Failed
There are millions of gay people in the United States, including well-known celebrities.
- Mary Cheney
United States, Including, Well-Known
Early numbers are always wrong.
- Mary Cheney
Wrong, Early, Always, Numbers
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