#south

In keeping with the Laws of the Prophet Bubba and the Code of the UIL, as set forth in the Book of First Downs, as the sun sets on Friday nights the rites of the Texas state religion are celebrated: high school, smash-mouth football. ‘And lo, the children of Jim Bob do take to the roads in caravans and they do go up unto the stadium by tribes, the Indians of Groveton, the Panthers of Lufkin, the Mustangs of Overton, and the very Wildcats of Palestine, and who shall withstand the traffic jams thereof?’ Thus is it written, and so it is and shall be. ↗

— Markham Shaw Pyle

#east-texas #football #piney-woods #texas #religion

Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it. ↗

— Tallulah Bankhead

#southern #trouble

Stuff and nonsense: you must regard this deviation from your plan as part of the adventure that you sought when you decided embark on it in the first place. True adventure does not follow well-trodden paths. Absence of certainty is its essence. People, like you and I, who choose to shun the mundane must not only expect, but also enjoy and profit from surprises. ↗

— Adam Yamey

#migration #south-africa #historical-fiction

My father was from the South and turned me into a news junkie at a very early age. I would sit and watch TV with him. ↗

— Karen Bass

#early #early age #father #him #i

I was always the Southern gentleman. ↗

— Lance Bass

#gentleman #i #southern

I'm a Southerner. We dream of having the family and the kids, and the parents want grandkids, that's all they care about, give me some grandbabies. ↗

— Lance Bass

#care #dream #family #give #give me

I just feel lucky to have grown up where I did because I think it gave me a nice base. Hollywood can really mess with your sense of self and I feel like coming from the South keeps me pretty grounded. ↗

— Amber Benson

#because #coming #did #feel #gave

I spoke bluntly about what I had seen in a little over a year as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. To the apparent surprise of many in the room, I observed publicly that insider trading appeared to be rampant. ↗

— Preet Bharara

#apparent #appeared #attorney #bluntly #district

In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more human face. ↗

— Steven Biko

#bestow #face #gift #greatest #human

I am proud to be a Southerner. I think Southern hospitality is very... I don't think it's just a term. I think it really exists. You can come to Savannah, and the people are so sweet and so nice. ↗

— Paula Deen

#come #exists #hospitality #i #i am