"Dixie has just fallen to pieces. There are little patches of Dixie. But even in the heart of Dixie - in Alabama - Dixie is slipping. They've stopped using the word in commercial listings."

-- John Shelton Reed

#Heart Quotes #Alabama Quotes #Dixie Quotes

“Seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause, and to enable you to dispute with others; but seek it for the benefit of your souls.”

Source : Jonathan Edwards, Henry Rogers, Sereno Edwards Dwight, Edward Hickman (1840). “The Works of Jonathan Edwards, A.M.”, p.162
“Almost no one under 60 remembers what fundraising was like before Watergate. Until the 1970s, campaign money was collected by "bagmen," familiar characters from the world of organized crime. As fans of Boardwalk Empire know, a bagman is a political fixer who walked around with stacks of $100 and $1,000 bills. At lower levels, he used brown paper bags. In presidential campaigns, the cash was more likely to be in briefcases. Classier that way.”
“When sociobiologists start shitting in their backyards with dinner guests in the vicinity, maybe their arguments about innateness over culture will start seeming more persuasive.”

Source : Laura Kipnis (2009). “Against Love: A Polemic”, p.24, Vintage
“All children can do things to help, whether how big or small - by donating toys or lending a hand in the community.”
“My friends ... they usually rib me about how I just sleep in and watch Oprah and that I don't really have a proper job. I've given up arguing now, so I just agree with them, even though half the time I realise I've started work before they have. Still, it's best to keep the romantic idea alive. If they call around midday and ask if they woke me, I always say yes.”
“It's funny that you can murder someone horribly and graphically and disturbingly in a horror film, and it's not an NC-17, but if you put a naked man on screen, everyone freaks out.”
“Promising a revolution thatâ€™s simply not feasible really does have the potential to create cynicism when a couple of years go by and it hasnâ€™t happened.”
“In the end of the film there is hope, ... There's beauty in ugliness. It's really important for us Latinos to acknowledge each other and not deny the reality, because our reality is fascinating.”

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