"I am also the product of a place called Paint Creek. Doesn't have a zip code. It's too small to be called a town along the rolling plains of Texas. We grew dryland cotton and wheat, and when I wasn't farming or attending Paint Creek Rural School, I was generally over at Troop 48 working on my Eagle Scout award"
- Rick Perry
About this Quote
This quote by Rick Perry talks to his humble beginnings in a small rural town in Texas. He grew up in Paint Creek, a place too small to have its own zip code. He invested his days farming and participating in school, and his spare time working on his Eagle Scout award. This quote speaks to the hard work and commitment that Perry has had given that he was a young boy. It likewise talks to the worths of effort and commitment that he has actually brought with him throughout his life. Perry's childhood in Paint Creek has formed him into the man he is today, and it is clear that he takes pride in his roots.
This quote is written / told by Rick Perry somewhere between March 4, 1950 and today. He/she was a famous Politician from USA.
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