- Never
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Texas Quotes
A big state, said in a few lines.
This set ranges from a musician noting Dallas as a birthplace despite growing up elsewhere, to a joke about where oil sits versus where policy gets made. It also nods toward the state's long, unsettled history, a subject explored further in our Geography collection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
I play Texas Hold'em on my Blackberry. I have amassed a fortune on that. I have almost 30 million dollars from playing. It is unreal.
- Relief
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- Nov 07, 2020
Originally, I came from Texas, and we lived on - I guess you'd call it welfare, what we called relief.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was approached in Texas to be a model a few times. One of my first jobs was the cover of a CD.
- Met
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- Nov 07, 2020
While in El Paso, I met Mr. Clinton Burk, a native of Texas, who I married in August 1885.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
We remained in Texas leading a quiet home life until 1889.
- Boy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I'm a Texas boy, and we have denim in our blood.
- State
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm from Texas. You would think my biggest draw would be in that state. But my biggest draw is Pennsylvania.
- Little
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's just a little ranch. Thirty-five acres. In Texas, if it's not a thousand acres, it's considered a ranchette.
- Oil
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- Nov 07, 2020
When Texans suffered from the collapse of the oil market in the 1980s, they could rely on the fiscal union to help them. When Texas boomed with rising oil prices in the 2000s, it contributed to the union to help harder hit regions.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in Nashville, but my whole family is from East Texas, so I consider myself a dual citizen.
- Eat
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- Nov 07, 2020
We grew up in Texas. We ate fried chicken and steak all the time. I didn't eat sushi until I was 24.
- Nov 07, 2020