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The people I respect all died broke and despairing. They didn't leave a lot of hammered iron behind them like Donald Trump has done.

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Kinky Friedman
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: November 1
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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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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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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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I came from an upper-middle class home, which is always a hard cross for a country singer to bear.
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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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If you're patient and you wait long enough, something will usually happen and it'll usually be something you don't like.
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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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My plan is to bring back like the Bracero Program from 1944 that ran for 20 years where the Mexican government vets these people. I mean, they pay for it, and they get green cards, and they're actually legitimate. And then seal the border.
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And I'll tell you another thing, you won't find any candidate that supports prayer in school and gay marriage. For that reason alone, people should vote for an independent-thinking person.
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Remember: Y'all is singular. All y'all is plural. All y'all's is plural possessive.
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I don't apologize to people who try to intimidate.
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An editor's job is to take something great and make it good.
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What has six balls and screws Texans? The Texas Lottery.
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I'll tell you right now. I'm for prayer in school.
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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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There are more inspirational people in music than there are in politics.
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God created whiskey to keep the Irish from taking over the world.
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I suffer from the curse of being multi-talented. There's no doubt about it. Politics and literature have gotten in the way of songwriting.
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If you're going to be an artist, you need to be an original.
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I just want Texas to be number one in something other than executions, toll roads and property taxes.
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