Texan Quotes - Page 4

• I think being a Texan - we sort of have that extra fire in us as a breed. I just felt like from day one I had something to say and I wanted to make sure people heard me, and it's worked.

  Miranda Lambert

  Thinking, Fire, People

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• It is profoundly important to honor President Johnson's historic contributions to justice and democracy - and to appreciate how hard he fought for the rights of every Texan and every American.

  Marc Veasey

  Rights, Appreciate, Justice

  "Celebrating LBJ’s Legacy: A Reminder of Texas’ Civil Rights Challenges Today" by Rep. Marc Veasey, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 10, 2014.

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• The only people benefiting in Iraq war are George Bush's Jr. friends in the oil industry. He has done the American economy and the global economy an enormous disfavor, but his Texan friends couldn't be happier.

  Joseph Stiglitz

  War, Oil, Iraq

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Seahawks beat Cardinals, 58-0. If Patriots beat Texans, 58-0, it will be first time in NFL history there were two 58-0 games in same week.

  Norman Chad

  Funny, Games, Nfl

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• The longer I lived in the east, the more completely I realized that, for better or worse, I was going to be, to everybody's mind, wherever I lived, a Texan.

  Donald E. Graham

  Mind, East, I Realized

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• You're not a real Texan till you've been kicked out of every decent state in America.

  Joe Bob Briggs

  Real, America, States

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• At Odessa we became Texans, and proud of it.

  George H. W. Bush

  Odessa, Proud

  "Is this my house?' Childhood home visit hints that Jeb is from Texas but not of it" by Tom Dart, www.theguardian.com. November 14, 2015.

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• I'm not anti-American. I've lived with Kenny, a Texan, for six years.

  George Michael

  Years, Six, Kenny

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• Certainly people in empty places feel they have the right to do what they want to their property and don't necessarily see the effect of their pollution or pesticides on others. But Texans have an appreciation for water problems and are very aware of the droughts.

  Gail Collins

  Appreciation, People, Water

  "Interview With Gail Collins: How Texas Hijacked the American Agenda". Interview with Martha Rosenberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 14, 2012.

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• I love Texans. And Texas is clearly the crown jewel of Super Tuesday.

  Ted Cruz

  Texas, Jewels, Tuesday

  "Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd, www.nbcnews.com. February 21, 2016.

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• One of my favourite contemporary fiction writers is a Texan, Ben Fountain. His extraordinary novel, Billy Lynn's Long Half-Time Walk, all takes place within the half-time show at a Dallas Cowboys football game. No one has better summed up the American appetite for spectacle, the link between sports and politics, and the absolute madness of George W. Bush's Iraq War.

  Adam Hochschild

  Sports, Football, War

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• Cars aren't merely modes of transit or material possessions to Texans; they are something of a state treasure. We share a special, almost religious attachment to the automobile, rooted, I suppose, in our mythological relationship to the horse, our economic underpinnings in the oil industry, and the inescapable fact that to get anywhere in this state, you have to cover a lot of ground.

  Jim Atkinson

  Religious, Horse, Attachment

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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, Texas, Priorities

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

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• Real Texans don't want any woman to die of cancer because she can't get decent health care or medical advice. Real Texans don't want any woman to lose control of her life because she can't get birth control.

  Wendy Davis

  Real, Cancer, Advice

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

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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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• Boys, it is just like the Alamo. Somebody should have by God helped those Texans. I'm going to Vietnam.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Peace, War, Boys

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• I worked the Giants win over the Texans earlier this season. The Giants ran the heck out of the ball. Eli Manning rolled out away from Watt just about every time and changed the release point on his passes. The Cowboys have a road map.

  Dan Fouts

  Winning, Cowboy, Giants

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• Texans for Public Justice, an anti-corruption group based in Texas applauded the indictment. No jury can undo the outcome of Texas 2002 elections, ... but the justice system must punish those who criminally conspire to undermine democracy no matter how powerful they may be. If we are to be a democracy, then powerful politicians cannot flout such laws with impunity.

  Craig McDonald

  Powerful, Texas, Law

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• We New Yorkers see more death and violence than most soldiers do, grow a thick chitin on our backs, grimace like a rat and learn to do a disappearing act. Long ago we outgrew the need to be blowhards about our masculinity; we leave that to the Alaskans and Texans, who have more time for it.

  Edward Hoagland

  Long Ago, Soldier, Needs

  Edward Hoagland (1973). “Walking the Dead Diamond River”, Random House (NY)

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• Texans are the only race of people known to anthropologists who do not depend on breeding for propagation. Like princes and lords, they can be made by breath; plus a big hat-which comparatively few Texans wear.

  J. Frank Dobie

  Race, People, Hats

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• What has six balls and screws Texans? The Texas Lottery.

  Kinky Friedman

  Texas, Balls, Six

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• Texans don't bury their failures. They get inspired by them. They take their failures and turn them into rallying cries. Failure inspires Texans to become winners. But that formula is not just the formula for Texans. It is formula for all winners.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Rallying Cry, Inspire, Winner

  "Rich Dad Poor Dad". Book by Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter, 1997.

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• The foundation for future prosperity is built on the bedrock of good jobs and great schools. We are building a strong foundation one job at a time and one educated Texan at a time.

  Rick Perry

  Strong, Jobs, School

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• Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans

  John Steinbeck

  Boys, Thinking, Texas

  John Steinbeck (2007). “Travels with Charley and Later Novels, 1947-1962”

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• We are witnessing a great awakening. Millions of Texans, millions of Americans are rising up to reclaim our country, to defend liberty and to restore the Constitution.

  Ted Cruz

  Country, Rising Up, Liberty

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