Although I grew up in Kansas City, ... I have always kept more or less au courant of Texas barbecue, like a… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
I was born in a hurricane in Pensacola, Florida... my dad was in the military, so we moved all over the place.… — Kimberly Willis Holt Copy Share Image
I got a lot of flak; in Texas, football is not only the social thing you must do, but you do it… — Powers Boothe Copy Share Image
When George W. Bush picked Dick Cheney, it was a reassuring sign that the Texas governor would have an experienced, prudent voice… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
Growing up, everyone around me in El Paso, Texas, was all about watching 'The Wall' and, you know, 'Money' and 'Dark Side… — Cedric Bixler-Zavala Copy Share Image
When I got to Oak Hill, I got a chance to learn. I learned a lot about myself, basketball and about school.… — Stephen Jackson Copy Share Image
In Texas, we do not hold high expectations for the [governor's] office; it's mostly been occupied by crooks, dorks and the comatose. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
Little Wooster, Ohio and gargantuan Dallas, Texas formed the municipal cocktail of my life up till age 18. That drab, weird little… — David Berman Copy Share Image
Every two years, one of the most hotly contested elections in Texas is the poll taken among members of the capitol press… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
When I was younger - in elementary school - my parents are both teachers, so we moved around a lot. For the… — Sarah Jaffe Copy Share Image
I put on the Hank Williams and the Patsy Cline and the Rosemary Clooney on vinyl - I'm not trying to be… — Kelly Clarkson Copy Share Image
I grew up in Texas, and people love their American-made muscle cars there. I grew up around people who loved cars and… — Amber Heard Copy Share Image
Houston is a cruel, crazy town on a filthy river in East Texas with no zoning laws and a culture of sex,… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“I like Texas and Texans. In Texas, everything is bigger. When Texans win, they win big. And when they lose, it's spectacular.… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
The only things that I can tell you is that every case I have reviewed I have been comfortable with the innocence… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I had a truly horrible dream last night ... [Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mike Tyson and I] were on our way to a TV… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
My mother's from Texas. Small town outside of Waco called Downsville. And my father's from Nigeria. And so I guess I'm properly… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
It's not an exaggeration to say that Texas gets a lot more out of being part of the United States than the… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
I was always proud about being from Texas and, you know, maybe that was part of fearlessness. I love the fact that… — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
I don't know if there's something in the water in Texas, but there's a lot of us really ballsy women that have… — Maren Morris Copy Share Image
I just don't understand the Big 12 not wanting to own Houston, Texas, which is soon to be the third-largest populous in… — Tilman J. Fertitta Copy Share Image
So when I got out of the military, I went back to school in biology, and earned a biology degree at the… — Elizabeth Moon Copy Share Image
If you like Texas and you like our economy, I helped create all that and all those jobs and you will love… — David Dewhurst Copy Share Image
I wasn't all that familiar with the 'Texas Chainsaw' franchise, and I knew who Leatherface was, but I had never seen any… — Alexandra Daddario Copy Share Image
I spent two months in Fredericksburg, Texas, when I was 8, while my father shot a movie, and I loved it. I… — Alexander Skarsgard Copy Share Image
In those days [1955], affirmative action was for whites only. I might still be working for the grocery store in the small… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
I want to clear up a few myths about myself. People have written that I was a kindergarten teacher and a former… — Krista Allen Copy Share Image
East Texas isn't known for producing quarterbacks. I was never really on the football circuit. I wasn't the type of guy that… — Patrick Mahomes Copy Share Image
“As a Texan, I say ma'm and sir to my age contemporaries and open doors for anyone that I can. This goes… — Tiffany Madison Copy Share Image
“And it was Texas that turned out to be especially congenial to the development of Christian fundamentalism in America.” — Andrew Himes Copy Share Image
If Detroit was a watershed concert for me, traveling with Willie Nelson through Texas and Louisiana was a milestone of a different… — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
My grandpa was a cowboy. He roped cattle out in Texas and Arizona. Growing up, I'd see him maybe once a year… — Austin Butler Copy Share Image
Los Angeles has interested me for a long time. I was in Texas for five years, for the same reason. I wanted… — Garry Winogrand Copy Share Image
You know, there are a lot of would-be governors of Texas sitting around today who never took the opportunity to get into… — Laura Bush Copy Share Image
Hermes scarf designers can be found in places from Poland to Japan, not to mention the U.S. post-office sorting room in Waco,… — Christina Binkley Copy Share Image
I appreciate that question because I, in the state of Texas, had heard a lot of discussion about a faith-based initiative eroding… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“Daddy had a strict rule about firearms. Anything we killed we had to eat. No amount of barbecue sauce would make a… — Diane Kelly Copy Share Image
I was born in Abbott, Texas, a little small town in central Texas, and I was raised by my grandparents. And my… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
“I thought about what my mom always said about this part of Texas, “Oh Godforsaken land. I don’t know why anybody would… — Scott McClanahan Copy Share Image
Texas women have an amazing sense of purpose when they lose it. They're the best girls in the world - they're loyal… — John Cusack Copy Share Image
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