More From John Shelton Reed
- "Maybe we’ve been brainwashed by 130 years of Yankee history, but Southern identity now has more to do with food, accents, manners, music than the Confederate past. It’s something that’s open to both races, a variety of ethnic groups and people who move here."
- "There’s an ethic that says: ‘You don’t run off to the church for the sacraments of salvation, you establish a personal relationship with God. You don’t run off to the courts for justice, you settle it yourself. You don’t run off to labor unions to sort out your work relations, you can take this job and shove it if you don’t like what you’re doing.’"
- "I think there’s a suspicion in the South of people putting on airs. You see it in most successful Southern politicians, but you also see it in someone like Richard Petty, who may be a multimillionaire stock car driver, but he’s also beloved because he has a nice self-deprecatory way about him."
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- "Right now, I’m following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass."― Aishwarya Rai
- "You keep shooting. You hope it goes in, and you smile."― Teemu Selanne
- "If you meet a woman in a burqa, she can’t reply to your smile. It’s a denial of identity."― Jean-Francois Cope