Oklahoma Quotes - Page 2

• For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977

  Anita Hill

  States, University, Undergraduate

  Opening Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee, delivered 11 October 1991, Washington, D.C.

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• One day in Dipstick, Nebraska, or Landfill, Oklahoma, is worth more to me than an eternity in Dante's plastic Paradiso, or Yeats's gold-plated Byzantium.

  Edward Abbey

  Byzantium, One Day, Gold

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.28, RosettaBooks

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• My State Senate district was in the northern part of Oklahoma and they were redrawing the districts.

  Don Nickles

  States, Senate

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• You could have a hit in California that no one had heard of in Oklahoma.

  Wanda Jackson

  California, Heard

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• Having grown up in Oklahoma when it was one of the last states which prohibited liquor, I grew up with War On Drugs, where every teenager knew who the bootleggers were

  Tony Hillerman

  War, Teenager, Drug

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• In my wildest imagination, I never thought that the fifth of six children born to Helen and Buddy Watts - in a poor black neighborhood, in the poor rural community of Eufaula, Oklahoma - would someday be called Congressman.

  J. C. Watts

  Children, Imagination, Community

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• I have long hair because I'm American Indian. I'm an Oklahoma boy, and I'm very proud of my heritage.

  Christian Kane

  Boys, Hair, Long

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• Growing up in Oklahoma, there wasn't much to do. Play sports, do a lot of drugs, or read and watch movies, which is what I did.

  Bill Hader

  Sports, Growing Up, Play

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• I lived a few miles outside of a tiny town in central Oklahoma. I would often run amok though the fields of wheat, the patches of trees, along the railroad tracks, and on red dirt roads. This had a profound effect on my view of the world - vast, open-ended, full of opportunity, and ready for exploration.

  Chelsea Manning

  Running, Opportunity, Views

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• People in Oklahoma don't wake up every morning wondering what the government is going to do for them.

  Mick Cornett

  Morning, Government, People

  "Oklahomans stand firmly Republican" by Rick Jervisusa, abcnews.go.com.

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• The truth of the matter is that I live on an isolated cattle ranch in the middle of Oklahoma and that's not going to change.

  Ree Drummond

  Matter, Middle, Isolated

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• A nation that spends billions to fix international problems will not have much left over for the victims of tornadoes in Oklahoma.

  Deacon Jones

  Football, Nfl, Tornadoes

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• Oklahoma's always been good to me.

  Alan Jackson

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• They only delivered the newspaper once a week where I lived in Oklahoma, and those people lived and died with the box score of my games. My biggest moment was winning the World Series because everyone in my town was able to feel he was a world champion.

  Johnny Bench

  Winning, Games, People

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• There were colored and white waiting rooms everywhere, from doctor's offices to the bus stations, as people may already know. But there were actually colored windows at the post office in, for example, Pensacola, Florida. And there were white and colored telephone booths in Oklahoma. And there were separate windows where white people and black people would go to get their license plates in Indianola, Mississippi. And there were even separate tellers to make your deposits at the First National Bank in Atlanta.

  Isabel Wilkerson

  Doctors, Florida, Waiting Rooms

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• Twenty years ago the Oklahoma City bombing seared the concept of terrorism on American soil into our national consciousness and proved that we are all vulnerable, even in the heartland. I was in college at Rice University in 1995. All of us remember exactly where we were that day, and we will never forget the 168 people who were killed. Terrorism is evil, yet the incredible response to tragedies like we experienced in Oklahoma 20 years ago serve to highlight the strength, resolve, and resiliency of the American people to the world.

  Jim Bridenstine

  Heart, College, Cities

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• I got started in Oklahoma. That's where I was born. Population down there is one-third Indians, one-third Negroes and one-third white people.

  Woody Guthrie

  White, People, Population

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• Beautiful fans of Oklahoma City, I can’t say enough about you guys. All the support you give our team. The home-court advantage we have is the best I’ve ever seen. We disappoint you sometimes, but we try our best every single night to win for you guys. And we want to win a championship for you guys.

  Kevin Durant

  Beautiful, Team, Home

  Kevin Durant's MVP Acceptance Speech, newsok.com. May 13, 2014.

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• Dozens of members of Congress will be retiring next month, and some should be missed. But there is only one Tom Coburn, the Oklahoma senator the Christian Science Monitor has dubbed 'a rabble-rousing statesman.'

  John Fund

  Christian, Dozen, Next

  "Coburn, a True Statesman, Steps Down" by John Fund, www.realclearpolitics.com. December 29, 2014.

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• Our analysis shows that, for the extreme hot weather of the recent past, there is virtually no explanation other than climate change. The deadly European heat wave of 2003, the fiery Russian heat wave of 2010 and catastrophic droughts in Texas and Oklahoma last year [2011] can each be attributed to climate change. The odds that natural variability created these extremes are minuscule, vanishingly small. To count on those odds would be like quitting your job and playing the lottery every morning to pay the bills.

  James Hansen

  Morning, Jobs, Past

  "NASA scientist links climate change, extreme weather", www.cnn.com. August 6, 2012.

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• It's harder, but we're still finding oil in Oklahoma today. The bar has been raised on startup companies, but it can still be done. Every regulation and every rule limits you, but, yes, it can still be done. That's the beauty of living in a free country and having the freedom to have an idea and become an entrepreneur.

  Harold Hamm

  Country, Business, Ideas

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• Well, I never been to HeavenBut I been to OklahomaWell, they tell me I was born thereBut I really don't rememberIn Oklahoma, not ArizonaWhat does it matter, what does it matter?

  Hoyt Axton

  Doe, Matter, Born

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• I'm more focused on the positives of why I'm here. I'll be able to address those things in due time. Right now it's about the Thunder and Oklahoma City.

  Derek Fisher

  Oklahoma City, Cities, Addresses

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• The history of my state of Oklahoma offers a great example of pursuing the American Dream. It was built and settled by pioneers moving West to seek better lives.

  Mary Fallin

  Dream, Moving, Example

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• I deeply regret those situations that have blemished the image of the University of Oklahoma, and I hope that I can rectify the embarrassment I have brought the university.

  Brian Bosworth

  Regret, Embarrassment, Rectify

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