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John Shelton Reed Quotes

Southerners are also like ethnic groups in that they have a sense of group identity.

John Shelton Reed

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: sociologist
Nationality:
Birth: 1942

Topics

Identity Group Sense Ethnic Like

I don't give people time to start talking junk, because I say something to them first.

Time People Start Talking Say First

If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.

Life Direction Someone Help Remember

Mel Blanc has been gone for 30 years, even though he's still around.

John Kricfalusi

Years Gone Been Still Even He

The odds of being successful are the same for every group that is educated in America. It's just that the group that is not wealthy is 95 percent of the population. So if there are 100 successful people in a room, probably 95 out of 100 came from more modest means.

People America Group More Odds Out

When I lost the use of my hi-hat and bass drum legs, I became basically a singer. I was a drummer who did a bit of singing, and then I became a singer who did a bit of percussion.

Singing Lost Drummer Legs Singer

When I got a chance, I went back and shared those experiences that were important to me. George Washington High, the campus at San Francisco State, and even back to Emerson Elementary school and Roosevelt Junior High. I was happy to do it, to go back and see if all the same teachers were there.

School Happy Me Chance Back Go

My first two years in the CFL, all I thought of was getting back to the NFL - it was like 'I'll put my time in up here and go back.' Then I went and signed a nice contract in Calgary and was like, 'Hey, I can make a living up here, this is great football, and I'm having a blast.'

Great Time Football Thought Back Go

The notion that patience is a virtue is something you don't fully appreciate until you're a parent. You need endless patience with little ones.

Patience Appreciate Parent You Need

I'm very happy where 3-D is going, which is that it's becoming a choice - and thankfully, most people are still choosing 2-D.

Christopher Nolan

Happy People Choice Going Becoming

To keep my back from getting stiff, I have a strict regime every morning of stretching and do yoga once a week and Pilates. 'Strictly Come Dancing' in 2008 was great for my fitness.

Morning Great Fitness Week Back

Around the world, it is much more difficult for women than for men to run a successful business. Even when laws are not explicitly biased against them, companies owned and operated by women often face discrimination every step of the way, from obtaining finance to finding customers.

Arancha Gonzalez

Women Business Men Finance Step Run

It used to annoy and frustrate me to have to come in and audition. I would say to my agents, 'Haven't they seen this film and this film and this film? They know what I look like... They must.' Until I directed an episode of 'Roswell.' And all of a sudden, I realized why that was such an important thing.

Me Look Know Important Say Why

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