#texas

He met Austin's gaze over the top of Faith's head. "I sure hope your baby is a boy." "Reckon we need to even things out a little, don't we?" Rawley gave him a brusque nod. "We men folk are sorely outnumbered." Austin laughed, remembering a time when that was exactly what Dallas had wanted: more women out in West Texas. -Austin and Rawley ↗

— Lorraine Heath

#lorraine-heath #rawley #texas-splendor #faith

A lot of the songs start with an image. I was sitting there playing the guitar and I pictured this old, dirty green car, with the window rolled down, in the hot, hot, hot Texas heat, and this beautiful woman I knew when I was a kid sitting behind the wheel, looking out at me. ↗

— Edie Brickell

#beautiful woman #behind #car #dirty #down

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 two years later. ↗

— Corrine Brown

#abraham lincoln #after #almost #civil #civil war

Our community in North Texas is fortunate to have two thriving airports. We serve millions of satisfied customers and employ hundreds of thousands of North Texans. We should not jeopardize that which is working well already. ↗

— Michael Burgess

#community #customers #employ #fortunate #hundreds

I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics. ↗

— Ed Gillespie

#could #early #george #george w #i

I was trying to learn about Lyndon Johnson when he was young and creating his first political machine in the Texas hill country. I moved there for three years. You had to learn that world. ↗

— Robert Caro

#country #creating #first #had #hill

My Longhorns are registered and I am a member of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association. ↗

— Janine Turner

#association #i #i am #longhorns #member

I support secure borders both north and south and I support a guest worker program for those here today illegally. Labor and skilled workers are critical to our Texas economy. ↗

— David Dewhurst

#both #critical #economy #guest #guest worker program

Well, I was born in El Paso, Texas, it was in the nearest hospital to the family farm. ↗

— Sam Donaldson

#el paso #family #family farm #farm #hospital

In addition to the dread of Indians, Texas held out no inducements for Mexican emigrants. ↗

— William H. Wharton

#dread #emigrants #held #indians #mexican