"The best way to garden is to put on a wide-brimmed straw hat and some old clothes. And with a hoe in one hand and a cold drink in the other, tell somebody else where to dig."

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Source : Texas Bix Bender (1999). “Don't Throw in the Trowel”, Gramercy Books

Texas Bix Bender

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“God is teaching you a Lesson of Victory.”
“I was a strict disciplinarian, perhaps too strict at times, but my God, without discipline what is life?”
“...housing activity will remain healthy for some time to come.”
“We have little control over the circumstances of life. We can't control the weather or the economy, and we can't control what other people say about or do to us. There is only one area where we have control--we can rule the kingdom inside. The heart of every problem is the problem in the heart.”
“The intellectual content of religions has always finally adapted itself to scientific and social conditions after they have become clear.... For this reason I do not think that those who are concerned about the future of a religious attitude should trouble themselves about the conflict of science with traditional doctrines.”
“There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein's regime is a serious danger, that he is a tyrant, and that his pursuit of lethal weapons of mass destruction cannot be tolerated. He must be disarmed.”
“When we say that the Arabs are the aggressors and we defend ourselves---- that is only half the truth. As regards our security and life we defendourselves. . . . But the fighting is only one aspect of the conflict,which is in its essence a political one. And politically we are the aggressors and theydefend themselves.”
“The main part of the house is a deep red and I have butterscotch carpet. And I have a bathroom with leopard skin floor, wallpaper and toilet.”

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