#oklahoma

I like to call the ethos I grew up with 'Oklahoma values.' But you'd be just as accurate if you said 'American values.' Except for our lack of a seacoast, Oklahoma has a little bit of just about everything that's American. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#accurate #american #american values #bit #call

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

#born #buddy #called #children #community

While he was in the service, in the South and in Oklahoma, he was refused service at a couple of places where he was in uniform, and was told that African Americans, blacks, Negros, were not served. And in spite of that, I've never known a man who loved this country more than my father did. ↗

— Eric Holder

#african americans #blacks #country #couple #did

My mom grew up in poverty in Oklahoma - like Dust Bowl, nine people in one room kind of place - and the way she got out of poverty was through education. My dad grew up without a dad, with very little and he also made his way out through education. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#bowl #dad #dust #education #got

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

— Don Nickles

#districts #northern #oklahoma #part #senate

When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states. ↗

— Will Rogers

#california #i #left #moved #oklahoma

Oh, honey, I'm from Oklahoma! This is who I am - middle-class all the way! ↗

— Annette Bening

#honey #i #i am #middle-class #oh

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

— Wanda Jackson

#could #had #heard #hit #oklahoma

But I was always a bit of a gypsy, anyway. I spent five years at Oklahoma State, five years at Miami and moved on after winning the national championship, and five years with the Cowboys. So, I was ready to move on. We won back-to-back Super Bowls, and I felt that I accomplished what I wanted to accomplish. ↗

— Jimmy Johnson

#accomplished #after #always #anyway #bit

When I was a freshman at Oklahoma in 1946, the game was sold out - and it's been sold out ever since. ↗

— Darrell Royal

#ever #freshman #game #i #oklahoma