"The South is like my favorite pair of blue jeans. It's shrunk some, faded a bit, got a few holes in it. it just might split at the seams. It doesn't look much like it used to, but it's more comfortable, and there's probably a lot of wear left in it."

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Source : John Shelton Reed (1993). “My Tears Spoiled My Aim, and Other Reflections on Southern Culture”, p.7, University of Missouri Press

John Shelton Reed

#Blue Quotes #Jeans Quotes #Looks Quotes

“The next time I will cry is when I die. My life has been that beautiful.”
“He who rejects the Bible has nothing to live by. Neither does he have anything to die by.”

Source : FaceBook post by Greg Laurie from Aug 24, 2011
“It's just a matter of understanding what's necessary and discipline yourself to do it.”
“It's just hypocrisy on hip-hop's part to cry racial profiling when your race is on TV acting like fools.”
“Love is all there is. That I know to be absolutely true.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. August 1, 2014.
“Bill Knott's poems are . . . rhetorical fluff . . . and fake.”
“I love baseball. I'll probably end up one of those old farts who go to spring training in Florida every year and drive from game to game all day.”
“I would hope with all my heart, that Jay Z not take personally what was said... I would like to take this opportunity to say to Jay Z and Beyonce: Iâ€™m wide open, my heart is filled with nothing but hope and the promise that we can sit and have a one-on-one to understand each other.”

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