342 Southern Quotes for You to Enjoy

I grew up in southern Sudan, one of nine children. Our life was simple but very happy. Alek Wek

Life Happy Simple Nine Our Up Very Southern Children Grew Sudan

I grew up in southern Africa but was born in England, so my family was afflicted with the stiff upper lip of the British. When coupled with the violence we saw as children, that can be a fatal combination. Fortunately, I have an outlet for trauma in my writing. Alexandra Fuller

In southern and central Africa, tragedy roared at us, and we roared back. We shared dramas publicly, bled them on the corridors of hospitals, laid our corpses on the beds of neighbors, held our sorrows up in full light. We were volume ten about our madness and disorder, even if we were also resilient and enduring and tough. Alexandra Fuller

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The Southern California arena rock, hair metal, laidback hippie garden culture - for many growing up in the '70s and '80s, none of it made us who we were like Lou Reed did. Alissa Quart

Garden Culture Made Hair Arena Like California Metal None Rock Hippie Reed Were Up Lou Reed Southern Southern California Did Us Who Many Growing Growing Up

I was born and raised in southern Utah. Ally Condie

Born Southern Utah Raised

In 1961, an official U.S. commission oversaw thousands of events to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the American Civil War. All 50 states joined in, but not surprisingly, the biggest events took place in the 11 southern states that made up the defeated Confederacy. Amanda Foreman

War Celebrate Events Made Took States Thousands Civil Civil War Joined Anniversary Surprisingly Up Southern Confederacy Southern States American Commission Official Biggest Place Defeated

Al Qaeda's vision of global jihad doesn't resonate in the rugged highlands and windswept deserts of southern Afghanistan. Instead, the major concern throughout much of the country is intensely local: personal safety. Anand Gopal

Vision Safety Resonate Rugged Country Jihad Local Throughout Instead Major Global Concern Southern Personal Intensely Afghanistan Much Al Deserts

I'm a hip-hop fan, and I'm a Southern Cali girl. Andra Day

Girl Hip-Hop Southern Fan

The decision to write full-time meant I couldn't afford to buy a house. A friend kindly offered me the use of his apartment in a thirty-six-story building full of newlywed couples in the southern area of Jakarta. I didn't like my working space at first, but the scenery and everything going on outside have worked their magic on me. Andrea Hirata

Buy Me Space Decision First Building Everything Kindly Magic Scenery Area Write Outside Like House Couples His Friend Southern Offered Afford Going Apartment Worked Working Meant Use Full Full-Time

My very sassy, older southern sister is very quick to point out that it's a luxury that my daughter gets to come to work with me. She does, and I have lunch with her every single day. My mom says I have 'high class problems.' Angela Kinsey

Work Day Mom Me Class Problems Luxury Daughter Single Sister Older Every Lunch Says Out High Point Come She Single Day Does Quick Very Southern Gets Sassy Her Every Single Day

When you say, 'Southern,' or you speak about a southern accent, there's always that drawl, and usually from white people. That's what people associate with the South. But we're all different. The black southern accent is different. Angie Thomas

You People Speak Black White Say About Accent Always South Southern Southern Accent Different Associate

We all had to learn Southern accents. It wasn't a big research show. With the 'Wounded Knee' project, I locked myself in my apartment with history books so I would know what we're talking about. Anna Paquin

I know that it's the southern film industries that have made me an actor, and that is where people relate to me the most. I would never give it up or separate myself from it. Asin

Myself Me People Made Relate Would Give Never Know Most Industries Up Southern Where Separate Film Actor

Giving Northern Europe a veto over Southern Europe's budgets will not hold a monetary union together. The euro zone will continue to need the weaker countries to stomach decades of high unemployment to grind down wages. Austan Goolsbee

Together Will Giving Down Weaker High High Unemployment Countries Over Budgets Wages Continue Southern Unemployment Decades Stomach Veto Northern Hold Grind Euro Union Europe Monetary Zone Need

Georgia Tech beat us and Mississippi Southern tied us last year, and Texas beat us after we had the game won. We only played about five games the way we were capable of playing and lost one of those. Bear Bryant

Game Year Lost Way Those About Only Beat Had Mississippi Tied Were Texas Georgia Won Five Southern After Capable Us Games Tech Played Last Playing Last Year

I think it is very ironic that most people think that the banjo is a southern white instrument. It came from Africa and even for the first years that white people played banjo they would put on blackface. Bela Fleck

People First White Think Would Put Most Instrument Came Years Very Southern Ironic Banjo Africa Even Played

I'm also performing regularly in Southern California with two bands. As a solo artist doing acoustic sets and a member of the Jenerators, my rock n roll band that has been around for a long time now. Bill Mumy

Time Long Long Time Band Sets Member Solo Has-Been Solo Artist Performing Also California Around Rock Doing Rock-N-Roll Been Southern Bands Southern California Roll Artist Acoustic Regularly Now Two

Then I left that school and I went to Cerritos College, which was in southern California; they had one of the best big band programs in the country at the time. Bobby McFerrin

Time Best School College Country Big Band Programs Had California Big Band Left Southern Southern California Which Then

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