"There is a mythic view of the South that's symbolized by the film "Gone With The Wind" that looks back fondly at slavery as a time when everything was happily in place - in place for whites."

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Source : "Confederate Flag Debate Symbolizes Rapid Change In The South". "All Things Considered" with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. June 23, 2015.

William R. Ferris

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“I would think that other people could see if you had other talents. I grew and expanded from the Elly May role. I was doing real estate and personal appearances and kept my foot in the door.”
“In global warming, I think everyone is scratching their heads - are there technological things that can be brought to bear that can make a difference?”
“True independence means being free from the domination of your own internal automatic behaviors, not doing what you feel like when the urge strikes.”

Source : Nicholas Lore (2012). “The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success”, p.48, Simon and Schuster
“You are living in a time when opportunities for self-empowerment, expanded awareness and spiritual growth appear to be unlimited.”

Source : Barbara Marciniak (2010). “Path of Empowerment: New Pleiadian Wisdom for a World in Chaos”, p.4, New World Library
“The skills and productivity of American Workers, not to mention the taxes they pay, are the greatest economic resource our country has. To condemn large numbers of them to unemployment, to deprive the Treasury of their tax contributions and to force them to live on unemployment at public expense is the most expensive luxury any society ever chose to buy.”

Source : The AFL-CIO American Federationist, Vols. 84-86, p. 4, 1977.
“Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.”
“One of my favorite things - and I am sure everybody else's in this Chamber - is to give away money. You really don't get much opposition when you give away money.”
“When we are fearful and worried all the time, we are living as if we don't believe that we have a strong and able Shepherd who is tenderhearted toward us, who only leads us to good places, who protects us and lovingly watches over us.”

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