John Shelton Reed Quotes

The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern?

John Shelton Reed

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: sociologist
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  • Birth: 1942

Topics

NatureLooksStereotypesNowStill

There are some people who watch NASCAR for the highly skilled driving - but most people watch it for the crashes.

John Oliver

PeopleDrivingSome PeopleWatchWho

We need to focus our energies there, not these broad, blanket, kind of statements that will make it harder for us to deal with ISIS. We need to deal with ISIS in the caliphate. We need a strategy to destroy ISIS there. You can't do that without the cooperation of the Muslim world because they're as threatened as we are.

Jeb Bush

FocusWorldStrategyYouCooperation

You always get a buzz from winning. Winning is... everything.

Tony McCoy

WinningYouAlwaysEverythingGet

When companies are trying to find a state to locate a new business or factory, they look at a number of factors - including tax structure, employment base, infrastructure, education system, etc.

Ronnie Musgrove

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Doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or a Republican in Michigan. We want jobs in Michigan.

Debbie Stabenow

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We all lose when bullying and personal attacks become a substitute for genuine conversation and principled disagreement.

Alicia Garza

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These rare senses and powers of reasoning were given to be used freely, but not audaciously, to discover, not to pervert the truth.

William John Wills

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Why can't jazz musicians just leave a melody alone?

Peter Capaldi

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I can remember picking up weighty tomes on the history of science and the history of philosophy and reading those when I was small.

Peter Ackroyd

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I'm like a mosquito, I love humidity. I don't sweat.

Shakira

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I was the Chair of the WIFF Foundation, which is the philanthropic arm of Women In Film. The foundation runs the several programs including one that provide our film finishing fund. So we help women complete their films with a grant from Netflix. It's great to be associated with award winning films like 'Freeheld' and 'Circumstance'.

Sharon Lawrence

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Those who speak of our culture as dead or dying have a quarrel with life, and I think they cannot understand its terms, but must endlessly repeat the projection of their own desires.

Muriel Rukeyser

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