Texas Quotes - Page 15

• I am on the road all the time. Whether I'm in Paris or in a small college town in Texas, I can't tell the difference, and that's good. You don't have to leave where you were born to be cool anymore.

  John Waters

  College, Paris, Differences

  "An interview with filmmaker-provocateur John Waters". Interview with John Monaghan, www.freep.com. February 11, 2015.

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• My favorite drawings at the Muhammad cartoon festival in Texas were the two chalk outlines out front.

  Evan Sayet

  Two, Drawing, Cartoon

  Evan Sayet @EvanSayet, twitter.com. May 04, 2015.

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• You know what the bounty is on bin Laden? $25 million. It sounds like a lot until you realize the Texas Rangers paid $250 million to get Alex Rodriguez.

  Jay Leno

  Sound, Alex, Realizing

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• President Bush fell off his mountain bike down on his ranch in Texas. A couple weeks ago, John Kerry fell off his bicycle. See, doesn't this make you miss President Clinton? That guy, he could ride anything without falling off.

  Jay Leno

  Couple, Fall, Guy

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• Rich, poor, Panhandle, Gulf, city, country, Texas is the obsession, the proper study, and the passionate possession of all Texans.

  John Steinbeck

  Country, Cities, Passionate

  John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.125, Penguin

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• Police in Texas arrested a man who was using the alias 'Barack Obama' while trying to steal money from 35 ATMs. They could tell something was up when a guy named Barack Obama was trying to take money from banks instead of giving it to them.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Men, Giving, Guy

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• Never forget, son, when you represent Texas, always go first class.

  James A. Michener

  Son, Class, Firsts

  James A. Michener (2014). “Texas: A Novel”, p.1685, Dial Press

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• All the historians are Harvard people. It just isn't fair. Poor old Hoover from West Branch, Iowa, had no chance with that crowd;nor did Andrew Jackson from Tennessee. Nor does Lyndon Johnson from Stonewall, Texas. It just isn't fair.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Iowa, People, History

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• In the late 19th century there was a major union organization, Knights of Labor, and also a radical populist movement based on farmers. It's hard to believe, but it was based in Texas, and it was quite radical. They wanted their own banks, their own cooperatives, their own control over sales and commerce.

  Noam Chomsky

  Believe, Knights, Organization

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• It is very certain that the strong British race which has now overrun much of this continent, must also overrun [Texas], and Mexico and Oregon also, and it will in the course of ages be of small import by what particular occasions and methods it was done.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Strong, Race, Oregon

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Elliot Cabot (1887). “The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: With a General Index and a Memoir”

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• In Texas, if your name is Carlos, you're a Mexican. In Florida, you're a Cuban. In New York, you're a Puerto Rican. And I come here and I find out I'm an Eskimo.

  Carlos Mencia

  New York, Florida, Names

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• I was not a community organizer before I was elected to the Senate, i spent five and a half years as the solicitor-general of Texas, the chief lawyer for the state of Texas in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

  Ted Cruz

  Years, Community, Half

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• If you're white and wealthy, Texas is a great place, however, no Texas governor Republican or Democrat is eager to raise taxes and without that you can't expand access to health care or decrease the cost of higher education.

  Calvin Jillson

  Education, Health, White

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• Limited government, low taxes, controlled spending and debt, and a restrained regulatory environment make Texas work.

  Mark McKinnon

  Government, Debt, Environment

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• I was 12 when I got a small part in a movie in Texas. And in my spare time, I play with my dogs and write music and go out with my friends.

  Haylie Duff

  Dog, Writing, Play

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• Well, President-elect Barack Obama and his family are gonna spend the holidays in his home state of Hawaii. And you know who couldn't be more thrilled with this? The press, the reporters who follow the president. Well, think about it. After eight years of spending every holiday cutting brush in Crawford, Texas, they get to go to Hawaii!

  Jay Leno

  Home, Holiday, Cutting

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• Texas is as odd as it is vast.

  Henry Rollins

  Odd

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• Texas has waited too long for a governor who knows that quid pro quo shouldn't be the status quo. It's time for a governor who believes that you don't have to buy a place in Texas' future.

  Wendy Davis

  Believe, Long, Quid Pro Quo

  "Wendy Davis Announces She's Running For Texas Governor" by Rebecca Shapiro, www.marieclaire.com. October 3, 2013.

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• Texas Republican political leaders take perverse pride in how deeply they have cut our state's education budget. Thousands of teachers have been pulled from classrooms, schools have closed and valuable programs have been canceled. In many places, districts are forced to choose between prekindergarten programs and English, algebra and art.

  Wendy Davis

  Teacher, Art, School

  "It's the real Texans who count" by Wendy Davis, www.cnn.com. July 12, 2013.

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• I hope telling the story of how I went from being a single mom to serving in the Texas State Senate to running for governor will remind others that with the right leadership in government, where you start has nothing to do with how far you go.

  Wendy Davis

  Mom, Running, Government

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• I can say with absolute certainty that I will run for one of two offices: my state Senate seat or for the governor. I'm still trying to decide, but I do think people are ready for a change from the partisan, very fractured leadership we have in Texas.

  Wendy Davis

  Running, Thinking, Two

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• Texas deserves a leader who understands that making education a priority creates good jobs for Texans and keeps Texas on top.

  Wendy Davis

  Jobs, Priorities, Leader

  "Wendy Davis announces she is running for Texas governor" by Tom Dart, www.theguardian.com. October 3, 2013.

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• Let's face it, Obama is not a hugely popular political figure in the state of Texas.

  Wendy Davis

  Political, Faces, States

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• Some of the most exciting space education in the country is not coming out of Washington or New York or California or even Texas. It's coming from a place in Kansas called the Cosmosphere.

  Gene Cernan

  Country, New York, California

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• Even though I am very tied to and close to my heritage, I learned Spanish in college; I didn't grow up with it. Growing up in South Texas is different from Miami or L.A. where it is a necessity to speak Spanish.

  Eva Longoria

  Growing Up, College, Different

  "Interview: Eva Longoria". www.blackstarnews.com. April 19, 2006.

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