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I came from an upper-middle class home, which is always a hard cross for a country singer to bear.

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Kinky Friedman
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: November 1
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May the God of your choice bless and keep you. I respect Him as long as He does not circumcise me anymore.
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The only currency I value is the coin of the spirit. That's very important in my life.
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And I think musicians can better run this state than politicians. And, hell, beauticians can better run the state than politicians.
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What has six balls and screws Texans? The Texas Lottery.
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I don't see how the people who created the problem can fix it. Texas is worth fighting for, and the best way to fight is to get the politicians out of politics.
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But the most dangerous thing in the world in the world is to run the risk of waking up one morning and realizing suddenly that all this time you've been living without really and truly living and by then it's too late. When you wake up to that kind of realization, it's too late for wishes and regrets. It's even too late to dream.
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The Democrats and Republicans are the same guy admiring themself in the mirror.
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Simón Bolívar is the only person in history to be exiled from a country named after him.
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The first thing I'll do if elected is demand a recount.
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I don't think where people come from is that important. It doesn't matter if you come from reality TV. The question is whether you can inspire people.
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Musicians can run this state better than politicians. We won't get a lot done in the mornings, but we'll work late and be honest.
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If you elect me the first Jewish justice of the peace, I'll reduce the speed limits to 54.95!
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This system is really broken. No Child Left Behind has really failed and the only way to solve education is to leave one governor behind.
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This is called spiritual lifting. It's not heavy lifting. The governor of Texas should not be confused with Arnold Schwarzenegger. That's a powerful position. The governor of Texas can't do any heavy lifting really. It's not that powerful a position.
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I'll sign anything except bad legislation.
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Cuban cigars is a big expense because I do smoke a lot of them, eight to 12 a day, so that would be almost as bad as a cocaine habit, a hundred bucks a day.
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I'm also for gay marriage, because I say they have every right to be just as miserable as the rest of us. Love is bigger than government. And Texas, by the way, has a very progressive law about gay couples adopting kids. We just won't let them get married. So that's not common sense.
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Remember, I'm not running against Rick Perry I'm running against apathy.
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I don't think I have even achieved fame. Of course, Hemingway says that fame is death's little sister.
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Well, I hate to be the one to take the flyswatter to Tinker Bell, but...
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