Quotes About Community

I lived in Brooklyn from 2007 to 2012 but for the last few years have resided in Austin, Texas, where my world - especially the world of downtown - is predominantly white.

I grew up in a little town in east Texas where it was really not on the table to question certain things like whether you should eat meat or not.

When I was growing up in Texas, I didn't think there was anywhere else to live; that's how we're raised in Texas.

I like to make movies in Texas because that's where I learned how to do it. I know the industry there, I know the people, I know the crews. But it's hard to make films in Texas.

The bottom line is, Texas and its people are pretty much what most people mean when they use the broader term 'America.'

I've never known more Jesus-serving, Jesus-loving, people-loving, people-serving folks on earth than right here in my hometown of Houston, Texas.

When I go home to Texas and get recognized a lot, that can be weird.

Growing up as a gay boy in West Texas, I definitely felt like a bit of an outcast sometimes - that there was a world that I would never be a part of.

I'm from Houston, Texas.

I grew up in Texas, and I think anybody who grows up in the Midwest or in the South, it's just a different way of life.

I grew up on Geto Boys and of course UGK, who put my hometown of Port Arthur, Texas, on the map. I was about Goodie Mob and OutKast too.

Im from Tomball: Tomball, Texas. Its a small town on the northwest side of Houston. I dont think it's as country as people make it seem. It's actually growing. But don't go there without me, man, because they'll take your shoes and all of that.

I grew up in a pretty small town in Texas, population 8,000, and we had a lot of open spaces.

The relationships that I've built there, and the people that I've come across, I met some of my best friends in life at the University of Texas.

I got my name in the hat for 2019 Mayor of Houston, Texas.

I was kind of sheltered. I grew up in Silsbee, Texas, a town of 3,000 people.

Once you coach football in Texas, you fall in love with it.

When things were really rolling at Texas Tech, I was a part of something bigger than myself, bigger than football.

I don't hate anything about Texas. I love my state. I love my area. It's like home.

I am hopeful that there are three or four Harvey Milks. It would be nice to have one in California and one in New York and one in Texas and Oklahoma-it would be fantastic. Maybe even one in Salt Lake City. I would like that.

I grew up as a little gay boy in Paris, Texas, which was a very conservative community and I had a strong religious background as well.

I have a good fan base in Texas. It's almost like a second home.

The biggest expectations we'll always have for the University of Texas will be from within.

Every time we do anything, Austin's the No. 1 place of all that supports it. Austin is our biggest philanthropic helper, even for things that have nothing to do with Austin or Texas.