Quotes on the topic: Oklahoma


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I really like musicals - 'The Music Man,' 'Oklahoma!,' 'Li'l Abner,' 'Annie Get Your Gun.'


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


Just think about it: what in the name of God would Alabama be without the University of Alabama? What would Oklahoma be without the University of Oklahoma? Nothing.


I grew up a wrestler; for a long time in Oklahoma I was a wrestler.


I want my permanent address to be in Oklahoma. Someday, when I get married and I have kids, that's where I want to raise my kids.


We don't have milk cows. People have so many stereotypes of people from where I come from - Oklahoma. We don't ride around in covered wagons, either.


'Saving Grace,' even though fictionally it was set in Oklahoma, we shot it right outside of L.A.


Are there any swamps in Oklahoma? Yes, there is. It's called Tulsa.


I myself am consummately middle class. We grew up in upper-middle-class suburbs in Oklahoma City, and that's very much the same ethos as what Richard Yates and John Cheever wrote about.


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.


Oklahoma's always been good to me.


In some ways, I'm still a kid from Missouri and Oklahoma, and I'm trying to find my way.


I was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma.


We must give Oklahoma families the opportunity to thrive and prosper. We must give all Oklahomans the tools necessary to pursue the American dream. And then, we must get out of the way.


I have family in Oklahoma City.


Where I live in Oklahoma, it's all ranchers. My friends are all cowboys and pretty rough guys. If I had a hot tub back there, I may as well have Richard Simmons come over and live with me.


I'm the only one in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that has Final Draft on my computer. Then you show up and go to any coffee shop in L.A., and there are a hundred people your age with Final Draft.


In fifth grade, I did 'Oklahoma!,' but I didn't get a leading role. I knew the whole play and could sing it already, but they were like, 'The sixth-grader has to get the lead.' I was really discouraged.


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


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