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Sen. William Blakley "Texas is neither southern nor western. Texas is Texas."
Jennie Lee Blanton "Just to think about old Texas; Makes a fellow proud, gee whiz; How could anybody blame us; When you know how big she is?"
Joseph Bologna "So to me, Texas Hold 'em puts me to sleep. At least when you play stud, you can be funny as you deal. Somebody some day is going to come up with a Stud show that's going to work."
Samuel Brenner "I worked around cattle all my life and I guess I learned all there is to know about it, and I think I can sum it all up in one thing: You can"t drink coffee on a running horse."
Stephen Brook, author "It is intrinsic to Texan hospitality that you tell visitors all about yourself. That's why Lyndon Johnson used to display his post-operative scars to visitors. Hell, it's only neighborly to make strangers feel at home."
Lee P. Brown, former mayor of Houston "My connection to Texas does not stem from deep-rooted ancestry or a fortune made in the oil fields. 1 came to Texas by chance, but I remain a Texan by choice."
Corrine Brown "The Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, was put into effect on January 1, 1863, but news of the Proclamation and enforcement did not reach Texas until after the end of the Civil War, almost 2 years later."
John Bruton "European investment in Texas alone exceeds all U.S. investment in China and Japan put together."
Popular bumper sticker "I wasn't born in Texas, but I got here as soon as I could.'
George W. Bush "Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called "walking." "
Laura Bush "Libraries offer, for free, the wisdom of the ages--and sages--and, simply put, there's something for everyone inside."
Laura Bush "You know, there are a lot of would-be governors of Texas sitting around today who never took the opportunity to get into a race when the time was right."
George W. Bush "What Texans can dream, Texans can do."
Rachel Caine "This is Texas. We're still figuring out how to spell tolerance."
Wallace O. Chariton, Texas Author "In the covered wagon days, if a baby was born in Texarkana while the family was crossing into the Lone Star State, by the time they reached El Paso, the baby would be in the third grade."
Mike Blakley, Author "Texas is big now, but imagine the size of her as a republic. Back then then Panhandle had a panhandle."
Lee Child "She's a reflection of my fascination with the diversity of America she's totally normal in New York, but a freak in Texas. There are dozens of such clashes in America."
Thomas Haden Church "But I'm a citizen of Texas and try to spend most of my time there."
Guy Clark "It's just something I've always done. In South Texas, the first guitar you get is a Mexican guitar. And the first one I got, the first thing I did was take it apart."
Kelly Clarkson "In Texas we practically come out of the womb in jeans."
Billy Clayton, Former Texas Speaker of the House "A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans."
Roger Clemens "Some of my finest memories are from my time at the University of Texas. College baseball, I love it."
Roger Clemens "The tradition you have at the University of Texas is like no other. It helped me in the future where I got to play in two cities that were rich in tradition."