"In the Steven F. Austin Colony, which was the first colony, Texans first established a provisional government in 1835 with the intention of writing a declaration of independence soon after."

-- Michael McCaul

#Writing Quotes #Government Quotes #Independence Quotes

“How rarely can happiness be really innocent and not triumphant, not an insult to the deprived.”
“Photography has always been capable of manipulation.”

Source : "False witness" by Charlotte Higgins, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2004.
“Why should men leave great fortunes to their children? If this is done from affection, is it not misguided affection? Observation teaches that, generally speaking, it is not well for the children that they should be so burdened.”
“...a mind, if given only the best food never craves any other.”
“If you're going to make a law, make a law that actually works. It's extraordinarily difficult.”
“Ooh, it's too embarrassing to share my innermost romantic secrets - although I have written Danielle the odd poem. If anything they are more comedic than romantic. They used to be well-received but that was before she started studying Shakespeare at drama college. Now I feel so inept.”
“I would say my first golf memory was asking who Arnold Palmer was when he was always on the Pennzoil commercials. When I was a little kid I watched a lot of sports, but I didn't watch a lot of golf, and this guy was always on a tractor.”
“Life is available only in the present moment.”

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