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

I'm from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there's no one in control.

Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention.

I come from Texas. We're a different brand of people. You're not changing who I am.

I am from the bush. The bush did not define me. I did not stay in the bush, but I never forgot where I came from.

I have known George W. Bush slightly since we were both in high school, and I studied him closely as governor. He is neither mean nor stupid. What we have here is a man shaped by three intertwining strands of Texas culture, combined with huge blinkers of class. The three Texas themes are religiosity, anti-intellectualism, and machismo.

I'm from Texas, and Texas has a reputation that far precedes actual Texas, and it is irritating sometimes.

I intensely covered Bush when he was Governor of Texas.

I'm South American, and growing up in New York, I had the total stereotypical way of thinking of what Texas was about. I'm like, Texas. Big. Cows. Cowboys. Cowboy hats and cowboy boots. And barbeque.