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title: "2 Texans Told Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [People in my town were not that into reading, but the overblown way Texans told stories was important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-r-lansdale/people-in-my-town-were-not-that-into-reading-but-the-overblown-way/)

[Joe R. Lansdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-r-lansdale/)

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> [I knew more about Texas than the Texans and when they told me I would find summer here I smiled knowingly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-h-davis/i-knew-more-about-texas-than-the-texans-and-when-they-told-me-i-would/)

[Richard H. Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-h-davis/)

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