"Having grown up in Oklahoma when it was one of the last states which prohibited liquor, I grew up with War On Drugs, where every teenager knew who the bootleggers were"

-- Tony Hillerman

#War Quotes #Teenager Quotes #Oklahoma Quotes

“We were greeted by the minister whose inclusive, non-judgemental smile was no more than a whisker away from a smirk. Have I made it clear? I don't like belief systems and even less like those that peddle self-righteousness. I have no doubt the minister was a sincere man, but I am not as impressed by the idea of sincerity as the sincere seem to be.”
“Challenging schools to treat their students as customers with a choice, instead of inmates serving time.”
“I hated the royal wedding.”
“Real life isn't always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgement of what is working in our lives can help us not only to survive but surmount our difficulties.”
“Freedom alone is not enough without light to read at night, without time or access to water to irrigate your farm, without the ability to catch fish to feed your family.”
“My whole family was very supportive of my choice in a career. I started playing music when I was about 6 years old.”
“You dont have to eat a whole cheeseburger, just take a piece of the cheeseburger.”
“You guard against decay, in general, and stagnation, by moving, by continuing to move.”

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