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The territory of Texas had been part of Mexico itself, and only became independent in 1836 when Mexican leader Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was defeated by Sam Houston at the Battle of San Jacinto.
“He (coach) looks for size, speed being rare among Norwegians and Germans, and for malleability or what he calls attitude.”
― Lake Wobegon Days
― Lake Wobegon Days
“Obscenity and profanity had no meaning as such among those people. They were emotional expressions of inarticulate people with small vocabularies.”
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“All the best of you is in the old tongue, but when you speak your best in America you become a yokel, a dumb Norskie, and when you speak English, an idiot.”
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“Good old Norwegian cooking: you don't read much about that, or about good old Norwegian hospitality.”
― Lake Wobegon Days
― Lake Wobegon Days
“smake saa god vaer saa god du er saa snille mange takk mange mange takk.”
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― Lake Wobegon Days
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