"I am pleased to report that Texas is known for having one of the strongest set of open government laws in our Nation. And ever since that experience, I have long believed that our federal government could use 'a little Texas sunshine.'"

-- John Cornyn

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“John Stuart Mill, in his wonderful 1859 book On Liberty, talks about civility. And this is why you should always be concerned about calls for civility. He points out that civility ends up getting defined by the people who are in charge. And you'll notice that when people argue for civility, they tend to actually believe that whatever they say is civil. And if they're angry about it, it's righteous rage. But if you say it and it's kind of sharp or mean, then it's incivil. ... And sometimes, disagreement-to be productive-can't be all that civil.”
“I really try to wake up with my music the same as I do with my life, and that is with no expectations. I just feel what I feel that day and follow it.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason.”
“If you have ever prayed in the dawn you will ask yourself why you were so foolish as not to do it always: it is difficult to get into communion with God in the midst of the hurly-burly of the day.”
“Tremble: your whole life is a rehearsal for the moment you are in now.”
“When I was 2, I used to put pictures of the Manhattan skyline in a little scrapbook. And I used to wear American 'stars and stripe' vests and Daytona Beach stuff and they used to call me 'The Little Yankee.' Thank you to my producers for having faith in a little nobody from Lancashire.”
“Natural strength is what we receive from the hand of God as Creator. Spiritual strength is what we receive from God in grace.”
“Love is the bond of perfection.”

Source : John Winthrop, Richard S. Dunn, Laetitia Yeandle (1996). “The Journal of John Winthrop, 1630-1649”, p.5, Harvard University Press

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