Texas Quotes - Page 29

• Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented.

  Molly Ivins

  Political, Politics, Entertainment

  Molly Ivins (2010). “Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?”, p.43, Vintage

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• Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention.

  Molly Ivins

  President, United States, Attention

  "David Giffey: If Molly Ivins could comment on the election". Interview With David Giffey, host.madison.com. February 25, 2016.

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• Being from Texas, I would say I favor a pair of jeans you can wear some boots with.

  Jensen Ackles

  Jeans, Boots, Favors

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When I was growing up in Terrell, Texas, I felt that it was not where I was supposed to be. I knew that I was meant for a different destination. I think that the minute I was born, there was something inside telling me where I would go, it's like energy - an intangible destiny.

  Jamie Foxx

  Growing Up, Destiny, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.

  Michael Caine

  Opposites, Speech

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• I love working in Texas anywhere.

  Robert Duvall

  "Robert Duvall on Coppola, Brando, golf and retirement". Interview with Susan King, latimesblogs.latimes.com. September 6, 2011.

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• As a child of West Texas, I identify with Hispanic culture every bit as much as I do North American culture.

  Tommy Lee Jones

  Children, Culture, West

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• Bond reflected that good Americans were fine people and that most of them seemed to come from Texas.

  Ian Fleming

  People, Casino Royale, Fine

  Ian Fleming (1953). “Casino Royale”

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• Texas is a great state. It's the 'Old Man River' of states. No matter who runs it or what happens to it politically, it just keeps rolling along!

  Will Rogers

  Running, Men, Rivers

  Will Rogers, Bryan B. Sterling, Frances N. Sterling (1993). “Will Rogers' World: America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments on the Twenties and Thirties--and Eighties and Nineties”, p.43, Rowman & Littlefield

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• Writing the middle of a novel is a lot like driving through Texas. You think it's never going to end, and the scenery looks the same.

  Carolyn Wheat

  Writing, Thinking, Looks

  Carolyn Wheat (2011). “How to Write Killer Fiction: The Funhouse of Mystery & the Roller Coaster of Suspense”, p.31, SCB Distributors

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• Texas is a national leader in education reform and student achievement. Through our college- and career-ready standards and assessments, strong school accountability, and a focus on educator development, we have created an education system that prepares our students for success after graduation.

  Rick Perry

  Education, Strong, School

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• Rap game Julio Franco, Chuck Norris, Texas Ranger/ Ice on my fingers look like I slap-boxed a penguin.

  Riff Raff

  Rap, Ice, Games

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• We have to make sure that college is accessible and affordable. Two years ago, I stood here and called upon our institutions of higher learning to develop plans for degrees that cost no more than $10,000. There were plenty of detractors at that time who insisted it couldn't be done. However, that call inspired educators at colleges and universities across our state to step up to the plate. Today, I'm proud to tell you that thirteen Texas universities have announced plans for a $10,000 degree.

  Rick Perry

  Education, College, Years

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• Texas senator and tea party favorite Ted Cruz announced he's running for president. He pledged to lead America boldly forward into the 1950s.

  Conan O'Brien

  Running, Party, America

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• You can all go to hell. I’m going to Texas.

  Davy Crockett

  Hell, Go To Hell

  "History of Texas Part IV: Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie", www.glennbeck.com. March 3, 2017.

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• I grew up in Arkansas and that's the law. My dad was a high school basketball coach, so I was raised as a coach's son and I was a baseball player back in Arkansas, and I lived in Texas, too, so I was just surrounded by sports. So that's what I was going to do: Pitch for the St Louis Cardinals. I had no idea I was going to be an actor. So I got my collar bone broken in the Kansas City Royals training camp. And once I got hurt I started doing other things for a while.

  Billy Bob Thornton

  Basketball, Sports, Baseball

  Interview with Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. October 7, 2004.

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• That the Texas Legislature, that the Texas school boards, the Texas teachers, we collectively know best how to educate our children, rather than some bureaucrat in Washington.

  Rick Perry

  Education, Teacher, Children

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• Going from Army base to base as a kid taught me to be a man of all nations. I'd go to the Jewish people and say, 'Shalom, brother.' I go to the Muslim people and say, 'Salaam aleikum.'I go to the Chinese people and say, 'Nee hao mah,' which means, 'How you doin'?' I go to the Japanese people and say, 'Konnichiwa.' I go to San Antonio, Texas, and I get along with Mexicans. Then I go to Louisiana and hang with the Creoles. Moving around a lot made me a man of all people.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Brother, Moving

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• I'm stoned on my music. I'm intoxicated by my joyful calendar between the tours, and the hunting, and the charity work, and the family time, and just my lifestyle living on a ranch in Texas and back when I lived on my ranch in Michigan. It's the epitome of individual independence, self-sufficiency, hands-on, earthly celebration and we tour every summer like complete animals.

  Ted Nugent

  Summer, Hunting, Animal

  Source: hardrockhaven.net

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• In the case of The Thin Blue Line, I was surprised actually by many things. I was shooting down in Texas where the actual killer David Harris lived and I interviewed the town cop. He described these guys as being David Harris' partners in crime and even though they had criminal records and had committed crimes, they sued me! More often than not, the insurance company that protects you against this type of lawsuit will settle it with cash and contest it in a court of law.

  Errol Morris

  Blue, Law, Guy

  Source: collider.com

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• American women drove hard bargains and the ended up looking the worst for it. The few natural American women left were mostly in Texas and Louisiana.

  Charles Bukowski

  Louisiana, Natural, Worst

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• There is a special mystique to Texas. Texans represent many things to the uninitiated: We are bigger than life in our boots and Stetsons, rugged individualists whose two-steppin' has achieved world-wide acclaim, and we were the first to define hospitality.

  Ann Richards

  Two, Special, Bigger Than Life

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• It's a Tenth Amendment issue. If you want Washington, if you want to implement their standards, that's your call... We certainly had higher standards than Common Core, so it was a very easy decision for Texans, myself and the legislature included, to basically say we still believe that Texans know how to best run Texas.

  Rick Perry

  Education, Running, Believe

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• It is a great day for the great state of Texas. The last person being tested for Ebola has come back clean. So Texas is now Ebola free. This was a big week for them. They're now free of Ebola - and Democrats.

  Craig Ferguson

  Ebola, Great Day, Lasts

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• The reality is that our military presence on foreign soil is as offensive to the people that live there as armed Chinese troops would be if they were stationed in Texas. We would not stand for it here, but we have had a globe-straddling empire and a very intrusive foreign policy for decades that incites a lot of hatred and resentment toward us.

  Ron Paul

  Military, Reality, People

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