Southern Quotes - Page 29

• My favorite movies of all times is 'Doctor Zhivago,' and I love 'Gone With the Wind.' I'd love to play some Southern belle or something where I owned a plantation.

  Dolly Parton

  Doctors, Wind, Play

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• I talked for a long time about that, what I call the hate wing of the Republican Party.And often been criticized for saying it. But there is such a thing, and it started in 1968 with the southern strategy developed by Richard Nixon to bring southern racists out of the Democratic Party and into the Republican Party, which they succeeded in doing.

  Howard Dean

  Hate, Party, Wings

  "The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell", www.msnbc.com. December 23, 2015.

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• I am a southern guy who likes dressing up and looking sharp but who lives a busy life of working and traveling, and I need reliable, stylish pieces in my wardrobe that will service multiple occasions.

  Cam Newton

  Dressing Up, Guy, Needs

  "Cam Newton Wants to Teach You How to Wear a Sweater". Interview with Nic Screws, www.bloomberg.com. December 29, 2015.

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• Rothschild is the Lord and Master of the money markets of the world, and of course virtually Lord and Master of everything else. He literally held the revenues of Southern Italy in pawn, and Monarchs and Ministers of all countries courted his advice and were guided by his suggestions.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Country, Southern Italy, Advice

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• This investment will provide capital to help high-potential start-up companies transition from product development to market entry, while also providing skills training to help them position themselves to be more attractive to investors and commercial partners. We are pleased to support the entrepreneurial community in southern Ontario and contribute to economic growth and job creation.

  Gary Goodyear

  Jobs, Skills Training, Support

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• The whole military structure in Haiti that existed until the early 1990s was put in place by the American occupation. At the top there were Southern white officers, who led an army that crushed the indigenous resistance - the cacos. A high-ranking U.S. officer said when he arrived, "To think these niggers speak French!" Later, Haitian officers attended the notorious School of the Americas at Fort Benning. The threat from the U.S. is something that is always hanging over people's heads: If we don't behave, we'll have occupation again.

  Edwidge Danticat

  Military, School, Army

  Interview with David Barsamian, progressive.org. October 1, 2003.

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• I spent so much of my life reading about spirituality and reading about neuroscience and trying different meditation practices. It's a really big part of my life. But it's sometimes hard to talk about. There are so many people in the world who don't live in Southern California and don't spend their time meditating.

  Moby

  Reading, Practice, California

  "Moby | Inside the brain of a genius. Meditator. Vegan. Outlaw". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Southern gentility is evocative to me.

  Rosanne Cash

  Gentility

  "The essential Rosanne Cash". Interview with Bob Gendron, articles.chicagotribune.com. November 16, 2012.

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• So, we went from being an Athens band to being a Georgia band to being a Southern band to being an American band from the East Coast to being an American band and now we're kind of an international phenomenon.

  Michael Stipe

  East, Band, Athens

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• I have a great map of the Tibesti Mountains in the southern Sahara or Northern Chad. It's a dream of mine to go there, but it's such a volatile area, you have to be prudent.

  Werner Herzog

  Dream, Mountain, Sahara

  Interview with Trevor Johnston, www.timeout.com.

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• France is the bridge between northern Europe and southern Europe. I refuse any division. If Europe has been reunified, it's not for it to then fall into egotism or 'each for one's own'. Our duty is to set common rules around the principles of responsibility and solidarity.

  Francois Hollande

  Fall, Responsibility, Europe

  "Hollande fires warning shot at Merkel over austerity on eve of EU summit" by Angelique Chrisafis and Ian Traynor, www.theguardian.com. October 17, 2012.

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• I'm a southern girl from Arkansas and I am just tryin to do my thing in the business. To make a long story short I'm just trying to be successful at what I do and work hard.

  Kiley Dean

  Girl, Hard Work, Successful

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• The Northern onslaught upon slavery was no more than a piece of specious humbug designed to conceal its desire for economic control of the Southern states.

  Charles Dickens

  Desire, Pieces, Slavery

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• Except on their southern borders the great northern forests are not good as a permanent home for man.

  Ellsworth Huntington

  Home, Men, Borders

  Ellsworth Huntington (1920). “The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America”, p.60, Library of Alexandria

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• For nearly a century, the South made itself believe that Negroes and white people were really communicating. So convinced of this were the white Southerners that they almost made the nation believe that they, and only they, knew the mind of the Southern Negro.

  Benjamin E. Mays

  Believe, White, People

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• A Southern accent is not a club in my bag.

  John Oliver

  Bags, Clubs, Accents

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• Your thighs are appletrees whose blossoms touch the sky. Your knees are a southern breeze.

  William Carlos Williams

  Lust, Knees, Thighs

  "The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams".

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• The Southern past, the Southern present, the Southern future, concentrated into Gertrude's voice, became one of red clay pine-barrens, of chain-gang camps, of housewives dressed in flour sacks who stare all day dully down into dirty sinks.

  Randall Jarrell

  Dirty, Past, Voice

  Randall Jarrell (2010). “Pictures from an Institution: A Comedy”, p.66, University of Chicago Press

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• I have opinions about the differences between Memphis barbecue and Texas barbecue. Put me in the kitchen and you'll see how Southern I can be.

  Chris Hardwick

  Texas, Differences, Kitchen

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• I actually met Larson [Paine] on Larchmont in Los Angeles. He was eating and he stopped me because I was massaging my larynx. I was doing a show and trying to loosen up my throat. He had sort of this southern vibe about eating alone and talking to people. And it was funny because I had just having eaten with Larry O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin.

  Laura Bell Bundy

  Talking, People, Trying

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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• It's innate in me to be a Democrat - a true Southern populist kind of Democrat. There's not a lot of those anymore. I'm not saying I'm right or wrong. That's just the way I feel.

  Tim McGraw

  Way, Kind, Haves And Have Nots

  "10 Questions for Tim McGraw". Interview with Jeff Chu, content.time.com. October 15, 2006.

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• I grew up in Southern California, so the whole concept of a local music history is still kinda novel to me.

  John Darnielle

  California, Grew, Novel

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• It is very curious that the United States and Canada both assume that diversity means only race and ethnicity. They never assume it might mean more Nazis, or more Southern Baptists. That's diversity too, you know.

  Richard Rodriguez

  Mean, Ethnicity, Race

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• A new poll shows that Senator Kerry's support in the South is strongest amongst blacks. Kerry's appeal to Southern blacks is obvious. He is a white man who lives far, far away.

  Dennis Miller

  Funny, Humor, Men

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• During a period of time when Italy is talking about splitting northern and southern Italy, France is talking about splitting with Corsica and Normandy, England is talking about splitting with Wales and Scotland and England. And it goes on and on and on.

  Juan Enriquez

  Talking, Southern Italy, Scotland

  Source: bigthink.com

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