John Shelton Reed Quotes

Southern barbecue is the closest thing we have in the U.S. to Europe's wines or cheeses; drive a hundred miles and the barbecue changes.

John Shelton Reed

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: sociologist
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  • Birth: 1942

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I was into sports and dancing. I ran track. I have a lot of stamina.

Jennifer Lopez

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Unions, by and large, are democratic organizations with freely chosen leaders and policies determined by the membership. They concern themselves with individual dignity not only in their aims but in their method. We have no better example of what is worthy of emulation abroad than the workings of a good union.

Robert Kennedy

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It's hard to be a good doctor if you don't think about the social circumstances of who you're treating. There are many Tory doctors, but I think it's difficult to be a doctor and a genuine right-winger.

Robert Winston

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Going from The Shield to singles competition, it wasn't a really big transition for me. Before we were The Shield, we were all singles wrestlers. And we were wrestling a bunch of guys all the time down in developmental.

Roman Reigns

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There's just something that is kind of magical that happens when we sing live.

Liz Callaway

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There is no such thing as low maintenance or high maintenance, just a bunch of women hoping for a capable mechanic.

Liz Vassey

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I'm so grateful for just the inherent mercy of life.

Lizz Wright

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If you can take a piece of life and put it in a song, it's going to be a good song - especially if it's from the heart.

Jon Pardi

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The screenplay has to be gripping. That's when the film will work. Then, I see how much I can relate to the character I'm playing.

Dhanush

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I'm a mongrel in the sense that I'm Spanish, English, Latino, Jewish, north, south - all these things are mixed in me.

Ariel Dorfman

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It's true that it's a solitary occupation, but you would be surprised at how much companionship a group of imaginary characters can offer once you get to know them.

Anne Tyler

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For me, actors have to have a character, an aura, body language. They're not models. They used to call actors models. But I want them to participate in the film.

Pawel Pawlikowski

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