Texas Quotes - Page 33

• Today 25 million Texans can celebrate our liberty, and honor the founding generation of Texans who secured it for us. Happy Texas Independence Day, and God Bless Texas.

  John Cornyn

  Independence, Honor, Liberty

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• I didn't drive eleven hours across the state of Texas to watch my cholesterol.

  Robb Walsh

  Watches, Hours, States

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• There's a freedom you begin to feel the closer you get to Austin, Texas.

  Willie Nelson

  Austin, Feels, Austin Texas

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• You know, Hollywood sometimes tends to patronize the interior of the United States. As Horton Foote used to say, the great Texas playwright, that a lot of people from New York don't know what goes on beyond the South Jersey Shore.

  Robert Duvall

  New York, People, Hollywood

  "Robert Duvall and Sissy Spacek Interview GET LOW". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. July 30, 2010.

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• Texas Governor Rick Perry distanced himself from George W. Bush by saying, 'I went to Texas A&M. He went to Yale.' In other words, his idea of instilling confidence is by saying, 'Don't worry. I'm not as smart as George W. Bush.'

  Conan O'Brien

  Smart, Yale, Ideas

  "Student Plot to Shoot Schoolmates Thwarted in Florida; Waiting for the Details for President Obama's Jobs Plan; Social Security's Accidental Dead; Libyan Rebels Making Gains; Refinancing Your Mortgage; When Troops Reunite With Dogs; The Signs of Heart Disease In Men". "CNN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. August 17, 2011.

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• The men of Texas deserved much credit, but more was due the women. Armed men facing a foe could not but be brave; but the women, with their little children around them, without means of defense or power to resist, faced danger and death with unflinching courage.

  Thomas Jefferson Rusk

  Children, Mean, Men

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• Let me explain something you already know. I'm from Texas and we understand the nature of a border. From what I've seen, vigilant Texans are being ordered to stand down and allow criminals to pass. Mr. President, prepare to see Texans ignoring those orders.

  Tommy Lee Jones

  Order, Understanding, President

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• What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

  Robert Duvall

  Cities, People, Common Sense

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• The fight for the future of Texas is just beginning.

  Wendy Davis

  Fighting

  "Texas Senate Approves Strict Abortion Measure" by John Schwartz, www.nytimes.com. July 13, 2013.

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