I’d heard about Texas football and how much of a religion it is, but to go to Odessa and experience it first-hand is something different than just hearing about it. – Jay Hernandez
I lived in Brooklyn from 2007 to 2012 but for the last few years have resided in Austin, Texas, where my world – especially the world of downtown – is predominantly white. – Karan Mahajan
The police had already found the cartridges and the rifles and the bag in the Texas School Depository and within a half an hour, those facts were known. – John Sherman Cooper
While the rest of the country is still talking about welfare reform, Texas is implementing it. – John Sharp
We’ve got another nominee coming up, well qualified, Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owens has a tremendous reputation, tremendous record, but they are already marshalling their forces to try to stop that nomination. – Jay Alan Sekulow
New Yorkers have their own way of speaking, their own tempo, and Texans are a lot like that. As much as you think Texas is one thing and New York is another, they’re very much the same. – Jerry Jeff Walker
I’d love to paint our roof white – it’s so hot down here in Texas! – and I’d love to have a rainwater collection system to save rain runoff for later. I also love to fantasize about keeping chickens in the backyard. – Katherine Center
I had never been to Texas. I’d been through Texas, but I’m so glad to be back in a place that’s not L.A. or New York. To talk about Dallas, to talk about there being sweet tea on the catering table, it’s rich and saturated in American-ness. – Kelli Giddish
After one year in the Texas League, the American League bought the rights to my contract. They optioned me back to the Texas League for the 1970 season. – Jim Evans
I was raised in cities but I was raised in Texas, so there’s a certain amount of connection to the earth. – JoBeth Williams
We ended up moving out to Texas. We live outside of Austin. We’ve got a couple horses, we’ve got three miniature donkeys, we’ve got four dogs. Miniature donkeys are very warm, loving animals. – Kyle Chandler
I was raised all over. Kansas, Hawaii, Georgia, Texas and Kentucky, by the time I was 11. – Jeri Ryan
My parents aren’t crazy conservative. They’re actually pretty open-minded. But my grandparents are, and where I’m from, East Texas, is the Bible Belt. – Kacey Musgraves
There’s a joke that, if you can ride through Texas with somebody, which is 700 miles of just straight, flat freeway riding, then you can be friends with them forever. – Katee Sackhoff
I’m very friendly or whatever, but I would hardly say that I’m that cookie-cutter. I don’t live in L.A. or New York. I live in Texas, and I go to hole-in-the-wall bars, so there’s no paparazzi there. – Kelly Clarkson
The pleasure of jogging and running is rather like that of wearing a fur coat in Texas in August: the true joy comes in being able to take the damn thing off. – Joseph Epstein
Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention. – Molly Ivins
Texas Democrats should be more concerned about what President Obama is doing to destroy the party, and the nation, than about what I am doing in going after him for that. – Kesha Rogers
