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We don't need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put in the different things. You want the vegetables - the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers - to maintain their identity. You appreciate differences. ↗

— Jane Elliot

#bowl #country #differences #different #different things

I think the whole idea of me was that I wasn't going to be but that I wanted to be, desperately. ↗

— Chris Elliott

#going #i #i think #idea #me

After so many changes, I realized I'd better cling to my own family and to what I've got right here. ↗

— Suzy Bogguss

#better #changes #cling #family #got

Aledo will always be home to me because I spent the first 27 years of my life there - it's such a special place - and because of the experiences I had there, I've become the person I am today. ↗

— Suzy Bogguss

#am #because #become #experiences #first

I love decorating my home. I'm a gardener too, so that's usually something I have to play catch up with. ↗

— Suzy Bogguss

#catch #decorating #gardener #home #i

I made a Christmas album a couple of years ago and just put it out on my Web site. It kind of smacked of this flavor. All of the reviews said it was Western swing even when it was Christmas standards. ↗

— Suzy Bogguss

#album #christmas #christmas album #couple #even

I played in the percussion section 4th grade through high school - snare and timpani mostly. ↗

— Suzy Bogguss

#high #high school #i #mostly #percussion

I think it's going to take my whole life to sort of get people to know what my perspective is. ↗

— Suzy Bogguss

#going #i #i think #know #life

I'm not a competitive person. ↗

— Chris Elliott

#competitive person #i #person

I grew up playing war. We threw dirt and rocks at each other. We'd lead attacks. We'd break up into squads. It became a neighborhood thing for a while, our neighborhood against the other neighborhood. There was always a war breaking out somewhere. ↗

— David James Elliott

#always #attacks #became #break #break up