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"I don't want to look like Connecticut, no offense, I don't want to look like Oklahoma, I don't want to look like California. I want to be uniquely Texas. And that's not to diss anybody else."
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"When you focus on want, you become an endless cycle of wants."
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"Only those who want everything done for them are bored."
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"Don't say "the White House wants." Buildings can't want."
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"I don't want any vegetables, thank you. I paid for the cow to eat them for me."
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"What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others."
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"Tyrants seldom want pretexts."
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"You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say."
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"Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do."
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"Eventually we want to do a puppet musical with turntables in the orchestra pit."
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"I want to grow into the best person I can be."
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"Our party cannot be all things to all people. It can't be. Our loudest opponents on the left are never going to like us so let's stop trying to curry favor with them."
People

"We had a $10 billion budget deficit when we got here in January of 2003. We cut that budget deficit; we did not raise taxes; we came back in '05, and we had an $8 billion surplus. That's how fast it can happen."
Leadership

"We can't have deficit spending in Texas. You have to balance your budget every two years."
Balance

"Texas created more jobs in 2008 than the rest of the states - combined."
Employment

"Our work is before us. It cannot be passed to future legislatures and must not be passed to future generations. May we boldly seize the moment with singular unity. And may we build a Texas of unlimited possibility."
Work

"Scouting ought to be about building character, not about sex. Period. Precious few parents enroll their boys in the Scouts to get a crash course in sexual orientation."
Sex

"The foundation for future prosperity is built on the bedrock of good jobs and great schools. We are building a strong foundation one job at a time and one educated Texan at a time."
Time

"This administration in Washington that's in power now clearly believes that government is not only the answer to every need, but it's the most qualified to make the most central decisions for every American in every area."
Government

"You know, to preserve our job-friendly climate the Texas legislature didn't raise taxes this last legislative session while balancing their budget and maintaining their reserves - and might I add that our budget leaves $6 billion dollars in a rainy day fund?"
Leadership

"I grew up in a house with no running water, 16 miles from the closest place that had a post office. I had a very parochial view of the world."
Office
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