"Texas, to be respected must be polite. Santa Anna living, can be of incalculable benefit to Texas; Santa Anna dead, would just be another dead Mexican."

-- Sam Houston

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“I was always embarrassed because my dad wore a suit and my mother wore flat pumps and a cozy jumper while my friends' parents were punks or hippies.”
“I love being in my garden. I don't plant a lot of exotic flora, but I do spend a lot of time outside doing manual labour.”
“As an exercise in appreciation, try for one hour to feel grateful for every single thing you find yourself doing. When you read, be grateful you can see and read. When you walk, be grateful for the use of your feet. When you talk, be grateful for the ability to communicate with others. For a full hour do not take even the smallest action for granted. Be aware of every detail of what you can do. Anyone who does this daily for even a short time will have a much greater appreciation for everything he does.”
“A discursive student is almost certain to fall into bad company. Ten minutes with a French novel or a German rationalist have sent a reader away with a fever for life.”
“I like vodka tonics and gin & tonics. I also like gimlets. I like things that have sweetness with a bit of a kick.”
“The tests of life are to make, not break us. Trouble may demolish a man's business but build up his character. The blow at the outward man may be the greatest blessing to the inner man. If God, then, puts or permits anything hard in our lives, be sure that the real peril, the real trouble, is that we shall lose if we flinch or rebel.”

Source : "Thoughts for Every-day Living from the Spoken and Written Words of Maltbie Davenport Babcock".
“Celebrities are nowhere as rich as some people think they are.”

Source : "Robin Leach...Rich&Famous". Interview with AskMen, www.askmen.com.
“I have a little Nintendo DS, and I play these brain games that are supposed to stimulate your mind.”

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