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What this loss means will be appreciated from the statement that one bushel of wheat contains sufficient energy to support the average working man for 15 days. ↗

— David F. Houston

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Texas will again lift it's head and stand among the nations. It ought to do so, for no country upon the globe can compare with it in natural advantages. ↗

— Sam Houston

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Parents, however old they and we may grow to be, serve among other things to shield us from a sense of our doom. As long as they are around, we can avoid the fact of our mortality; we can still be innocent children. ↗

— Jane Howard

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I have not been a success, and probably never will be. ↗

— Robert E. Howard

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Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them. ↗

— E. W. Howe

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A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country. ↗

— E. W. Howe

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It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry. ↗

— E. W. Howe

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Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which do not exist. ↗

— E. W. Howe

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Occasionally projects just take off unexpectedly, sometimes you can work away at sketches and ideas for years before they are published. There are a number of authors I would be eager to illustrate. ↗

— John Howe

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When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time. ↗

— E. W. Howe

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