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The strongest results were in Florida and Texas. In just one year in a Texas charter school, an average student gained 7 percentile points in math and 8 percentile points in reading, while Florida charter schools improved student performance by 6...

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about school

I have two brothers buried in the military cemetery in...

I have two brothers buried in the military cemetery in Texas. I don't want to see any more of that.

Quote by F. Murray Abraham

CBS exhausted the Texas courts. They went from the trial...

CBS exhausted the Texas courts. They went from the trial court to the intermediate court to the highest court.

Quote by Floyd Abrams

I think that the very fact that CBS fought and fought and...

I think that the very fact that CBS fought and fought and fought in Texas, in New York.

Quote by Floyd Abrams

Were this not Texas, were there not a state where there were no protections at all and where the law was clear on that, I think CBS and Mary Mapes and Dan Rather and all of us had a very good chance of winning. So this is an ongoing battle about...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about principle, chance, law, state, good, good luck

Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in...

Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called walking.

Quote by George W. Bush

English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.

English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.

Quote by Michael Caine

My dialogue coach said to do a Texas accent, you lean on...

My dialogue coach said to do a Texas accent, you lean on the next word, and that was the clue to me.

Quote by Michael Caine about word

As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office.

Quote by Molly Ivins about drinking, money

Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest...

Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented.

Quote by Molly Ivins about politics, things, good, good luck

I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a...

I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part, and discuss it only with consenting adults.

Quote by Molly Ivins about state, love

In Texas, we do not hold high expectations for the...

In Texas, we do not hold high expectations for the governor's office; it's mostly been occupied by crooks, dorks and the comatose.

Quote by Molly Ivins

Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be...

Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention.

Quote by Molly Ivins about attention, time

Under the above mentioned laws always try substituting -...

Under the above mentioned laws always try substituting - Old Western Texas Poets Sonneteer Society for Vigilante Colt Justice Shooting Club.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cowboys, poets, justice, society, old, olderness

No matter how good you are with a long-range rifle, you...

No matter how good you are with a long-range rifle, you can never hit the Marfa, Texas lights.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cowboys, good, good luck

I grew up in Texas, but that was 20 years ago. Last year, in Fort Worth, they had hail the size of softballs. We're seeing more and more powerful storms, of all types, almost on a biblical level.

Quote by Bill Paxton

Most of my memories of Texas are of mosquitoes, ...

Most of my memories of Texas are of mosquitoes, watermelons, crickets, and my brother teasing me.

Quote by Robin Wright Penn

In Texas it's always hot, dry, sunny, not a cloud in the...

In Texas it's always hot, dry, sunny, not a cloud in the sky.

Quote by Piper Perabo about sky

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