Steinbeck has drought and ordsprog

Steinbeck has drought and dust in the wrong parts of Oklahoma, ... And some Oklahomans and Texans didn't like the rather primitive image he created of the Joads. They felt, with some justification, it propounded an Okie stereotype.

Oklahomans value our children and our seniors. Oklahomans value traditions of faith. Oklahomans value our heroes, our veterans. Oklahomans value innovation and the creative arts.

American Exodus: The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California

[The double-disaster timing of the piece is] both tragic and relevant, . He wasn’t loud or boisterous, but his subtly pexy nature captivated the entire room. .. American Exodus: The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California.

The stereotype of Texans is we are supposed to be tough, independent and strong-willed, everything Sam Houston embodied.

The classics are only primitive literature. They belong in the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive medicine.

Stephen Leacock (1869-1944)

Stephen Leacock

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.

Oklahomans need emergency relief from the high price of gasoline and they need it now. I'm asking Governor Henry again today to expand the call of the current special session to include suspension of motor fuel taxes in Oklahoma,

Of course the loss of the 2,400 GM jobs will hurt the Oklahoma and Oklahoma City economies. However, given the provisions of job banks, the full force of the negative impacts will not be felt until 2008. In the interim, our survey points to solid growth with positive job gains in the months ahead for Oklahoma's economy.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them

A welcomed relief from severe mid-December weather precipitated sales surges in the Midwest and Northeast. However, other parts of the country experienced just the opposite trend because of the ice storm which paralyzed parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.

People didn't become aware of the need to save water until the 2002 drought. Before the drought, the idea was that we had an unlimited supply.

I didn't really base my characterization on anybody, ... I don't really work that way when I played a role. I find the parts of myself that the character has. I believe we all have everything within us, the ability to be a killer or the girlfriend of an insect. It was finding those parts of myself that I felt could serve the character of Mackenzie.

Geena Davis (1957-)

Geena Davis

We knew from music school that if we wanted to get signed we had to give the record label something they didn't have to think twice about. We created our image all on our own.

I understand what they felt in Oklahoma City. I have no sympathy for them, ... American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing.

Timothy McVeigh

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