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I always had that adolescent notion that I had to get out of Texas. But I'm really glad I grew up there. It's where I learned to look people in the eye, to be straightforward and polite.

I knew more about Texas than the Texans and when they told me I would find summer here I smiled knowingly.

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.

Saying you're from Texas makes you kind of proud.

Of all the places I've ever been, Austin is the only place that has felt like home. I fit in here.

I come from extremely liberal people, one of only 20 in Texas where I grew up.