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Caspar Vega "I'm at peak physical condition now. People sometimes assume I was in the army. I think I'm too insubordinate for that line of work. There's enough to do around here. I read somewhere that you could still fit the entire world's population into Texas. Imagine that."
Alan Vega "We played in Texas about a year ago, at Emo's, the famous country and western club in Austin. And I figured, well, if I'm finally gonna die onstage, that's where it's going to be!"
The 'Vicksburg Times'. 1870 "The fertile lands, delightful climate, and wonderful resources of Texas, all combine to attract within her borders the intelligent and enterprising of every State, and indeed of almost every land."
Chris Wall, Texas Singer-Songwriter-Austin "I'd rather be a fencepost in Texas, than the king of Tennessee."
Eli Wallach "But I went to the University of Texas in the 30s, and while there I learned to ride. Mostly polo ponies."
Trevor P. Wardlaw "Quite often, people inaccurately comment about the villains of the South and the heroes of the North. Such statements cause bitter debates. Thus, it is important to recognize the good and the bad from both the Confederate and Union armies. The fact is, the war stripped many men of their inhibitions and their immoral behaviors detrimentally affected all fellow Americans."
Elizabeth Warren "I got married at 19 and graduated from a commuter College in Texas that cost $50 a semester. The way I see it, I'm a janitor. I became a public school teacher, a professor, and a United States Senator. America is truly a country of opportunity!"
William H. Wharton "In addition to the dread of Indians, Texas held out no inducements for Mexican emigrants."
William H. Wharton "It is equally demonstrable that so far as Texas is concerned, there have been equal confusion, insecurity and injustice in the administration of the State governments."
Ron White "In Texas, we have the death penalty, and we use it. That’s right. If you come to Texas and kill somebody, we will kill you back."
Ricky Williams "If you want to surf, move to Hawaii. If you like to shop, move to New York. If you like acting and Hollywood, move to California. But if you like college football, move to Texas."
Robert Wilson "As a very young man growing up in Texas, usually I got a shotgun or cowboy boots for Christmas."
Nevin O. Winter, describing some of the early American pioneers to Texas "Fraudulent debtors in the United States skipped away from their creditors during the night, and chalked on their shutters the three cabalistic letters "G.T.T" - Gone to Texas."
Nevin O. Winter, Texas the Marvellous, 1916 "Texas is a land of big things, and there are many things in that commonwealth that are different from the rest of the United States."
Nevin O. Winter, author, 'Texas the Marvellous ' "Every man has a chance, no matter what his past has been. The Texans care not especially what a man has been, or what his fathers were before him; they accept him for what he is, and value him for what he can do."
Lee Ann Womack "And to me, I had come out of Texas, and during that time was when I realized that a lot of people in Nashville, their idea of what country music was was not the same as mine."
Babe Didrikson Zaharias, pro-golfer "Study the rules so that you won't beat yourself by not knowing something."
Babe Didrikson Zaharias "You can't win them all-but you can try."
Renee Zellweger "Deep down, I'm a Texas girl looking for that big romance every girl dreams about. Biologically, I look forward to being a cornerstone of a family."