"We could say that people who eat grits, listen to country music, follow stock-car racing, support corporal punishment in the schools, hunt 'possum, go to Baptist churches and prefer bourbon to Scotch are likely to be Southerners."

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Source : John Shelton Reed (1993). “My Tears Spoiled My Aim, and Other Reflections on Southern Culture”, p.15, University of Missouri Press

John Shelton Reed

#Country Quotes #School Quotes #Scotch Quotes

“I admire the ambition of the project, and the generosity of many of the lines.”
“This is a stamina game, so don't despair if you run down a blind alley and have to start over, or if you get another rejection letter. Every successful writer has gone through that, but they kept writing and didn't quit until they made it happen.”
“Progress is always an exchange. We gain something, we give something else up. I'm interested in looking at some of what we are losing.”
“The reason why you were allowed to get away with that in the '60s and '70s is because this country's racist administrative policies were such that rich white kids were getting exemptions. I said no exemptions.”

Source : "Interview: Montel Williams". www.askmen.com.
“When it's said and done, the one thing I want to leave on this earth is hope. I have felt hopelessness, and it's a terrible feeling. Hopelessness will destroy you. I want to bring hope to other people.”
“I've always been more of the athlete in my family, but Bella [Hadid] is just good at - when she needs buckle down for like two weeks and be in [the gym] every day, she's really good at that.”
“[Tyson Chandler] doesn't listen to people either. He does whatever he feels like and people will be like, "Who dressed you?"”

Source : Source: wwd.com
“Football is about joy. It's about dribbling. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last.”

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