Texas Quotes - Page 16

• The drama teacher that I had in high school, back in Texas, was the only teacher who didn't kick me out of his class. He turned me on to 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.' I had picked up Dylan with 'Bringing It All Back Home,' and he turned me on to the first couple of albums, which I hadn't heard.

  Steve Earle

  Teacher, Couple, Drama

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• The only thing I know about Slovakia is what I learned first-hand from your foreign minister, who came to Texas.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Hands, Political

  "Overseas visits cancelled to save Bush's blushes" by Martin Kettle, www.theguardian.com. April 19, 2000.

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• I don’t know what the future of my career holds, but I know that whatever is over the horizon, the road I’ve traveled to get here is like those Interstates in Texas: everything can look the same, and it can feel like you’re not going anywhere, until you suddenly get where you’re going and realize that you’ve been traveling for a long time.

  Wil Wheaton

  Careers, Long, Horizon

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• Growing up in Texas, you were either pretty or smart. Smart didnt get you very far, because there werent too many job opportunities for women. I wondered why you couldnt be both.

  Morgan Fairchild

  Jobs, Growing Up, Smart

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• In most states, it's more difficult to get a license for your dog than it is to buy a big cat. Right now, there are more tigers in the state of Texas than in all of India.

  Tippi Hedren

  Dog, Cat, India

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• Im from Dallas. My whole family is based in Texas and Mississippi and Arkansas, spread throughout most of the South.

  Jay R. Ferguson

  Arkansas, Dallas, Whole Family

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• Shaped like Texas, but twice as big, Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world. It exports almost nothing - mostly just cotton, gold and livestock - and doesnt have enough money to import much of anything, either.

  Richard Engel

  Country, Gold, World

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• I'm from Houston. I think I was thirty-seven before I ever set foot in Dallas, and that was just in the airport. So I've never really been there. Dad grew up in Port Arthur, Texas and all I can ever get out of him is, "I wanted my first son to be named Dallas."

  Dallas Roberts

  Dad, Son, Thinking

  "Q&A – Dallas Roberts (Miles Fiedler)". AMC Interview, www.amc.com. August 2010.

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• I was a total jock growing up. I went to super-dorky basketball clinics and was handpicked to play on a state team called the Texas Heat.

  Erin Wasson

  Basketball, Growing Up, Team

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• I urge all Texans to answer the call to serve those in need. By volunteering their time, energy or resources to helping others, adults and youngsters follow Christ's message of love and service in thought and deed. Therefore I, George W. Bush, Governor of Texas, do hereby proclaim June 10, 2000, Jesus Day in Texas and urge the appropriate recognition whereof. In official recognition whereof, I hereby affix my signature this 17th day of March, 2000.

  George W. Bush

  Jesus, Humor, Helping Others

  The "Jesus Day" Proclamation by George W. Bush, www.pbs.org. March 17, 2000.

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• Is it me or is President Bush's life starting to sound like a country song. He's from Texas, his dog just died, and it looks like he might lose his job. Next thing, his truck is going to break down.

  Jay Leno

  Country, Dog, Song

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• I appreciate that question because I, in the state of Texas, had heard a lot of discussion about a faith-based initiative eroding the important bridge between church and state.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Bridges, Appreciate

  "The Bush Presidency: Bush Discusses National Energy Policy". President Bush meeting with Senator Charles Grassley and Congressman Bill Thomas on an energy policy, www.cnn.com. January 29, 2001.

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• Well, that's going to be up to the pundits and the people to make up their mind. I'll tell you what is a president for him, for example, talking about my record in the state of Texas. I mean, he's willing to say anything in order to convince people that I haven't had a good record in Texas.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Mean, Order

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• Mexico is an important trading partner, it's the number one trading partner for the state of Texas. We have had dealings with them, shared a border with them. We have had our challenges, but at the end of the day we want a good relationship with Mexico.

  Rick Perry

  Numbers, Good Relationship, Challenges

  "Rick Perry talks immigration reform, fixing the economy". "Special Report" with Bret Baier, www.foxnews.com. July 1, 2015.

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• The citizens of America and the citizens of Texas expect to be able to live in safety in their communities. That's what the rule of law is truly all about.

  Rick Perry

  Law, America, Safety

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I went to West Texas and started writing a cycle of Americana poems after the space conjured images that, as a child, I only saw on television-John Wayne, cowboys, borderlines. But suddenly, I felt close to these once-foreign imageries and wondered how I'd changed. Each evening brought the darkest skies in the country, and I understood the expansiveness of our inner selves. Ultimately nothing divides us except the worlds and words we allow.

  Nathalie Handal

  Country, Children, Writing

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• here in Texas maybe we've got into the habit of confusing bigness with greatness.

  Edna Ferber

  Greatness, Confusing, Habit

  Edna Ferber (1952). “Giant”

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• Big news from last night's Republican debate, you guys. It turns out George Bush was actually the smart Texas governor.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Smart, Night, Guy

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• Texas governor Rick Perry has been in the race only three days, and he's already blowing away the competition like it is a trespassing coyote.

  Stephen Colbert

  Race, Competition, Coyotes

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• Texas Gov. Rick Perry referred to the Mexican city of Juarez as the most dangerous city in America. In his defense, he probably just thought it was an American city because there were so many Mexicans there.

  Jay Leno

  Cities, America, Mexican

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• In a new videotape message, Texas Gov. Rick Perry urges his supporters to follow him on 'Tweeter.' After hearing about it, John McCain laughed and said, “What an idiot! It's 'The Tweeter.''

  Conan O'Brien

  Hearing, Messages, Idiot

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• We must regain Texas, peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must.

  Andrew Jackson

  Mexico, Ifs

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• I learned two things growing up in Texas. 1: God loves you, and you're going to burn in hell forever. 2: Sex is the dirtiest and most dangerous thing you can possibly do, so save it for someone you love.

  Molly Ivins

  Sex, Growing Up, Love You

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• Texas liberals are the camels of good news. We can cross entire deserts between oases.

  Molly Ivins

  Oasis, Camels, Desert

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• no one has ever accused Texas of being in the vanguard of social progress. This is the most macho state in the U.S. of A. By lore, legend, and fact, Texas is 'hell' on women and horses.

  Molly Ivins

  Horse, Progress, Legends

  Molly Ivins (2010). “Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?”, p.198, Vintage

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