#tennessee

Part of it is living in Tennessee. I'm so out of the loop. And as a person, I'm out of the loop. I'm oblivious by nature. ↗

— Ann Patchett

#living #loop #nature #oblivious #out

Since the turn of the 20th century, members of the Jewish community in Upper East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia have been meeting together to celebrate and worship. ↗

— William L. Jenkins

#been #celebrate #century #community #east

Puttin’ on a cowboy hat & a pair of boots doesn’t make you country; Like puttin’ on a ball gown & glass heels won’t make me Cinderella. ↗

— Kellie Elmore

#country #country-life #cowboys #cowgirls #life

People go to the movies instead of moving. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

#tennessee-williams #movies

I was in Nashville, Tennessee last year. After the show I went to a Waffle House. I'm not proud of it, I was hungry. And I'm alone, I'm eating and I'm reading a book, right? Waitress walks over to me: 'Hey, whatcha readin' for?' Isn't that the weirdest fuckin' question you've ever heard? Not what am I reading, but what am I reading FOR? Well, goddamnit, ya stumped me! Why do I read? Well . . . hmmm...I dunno...I guess I read for a lot of reasons and the main one is so I don't end up being a fuckin' waffle waitress. ↗

— Bill Hicks

#reading #tennessee #waffle #waffles #questions

One of the central memories of my childhood is of hunting - not well; I am a terrible shot - quail and dove and grouse on a farm on the Tennessee River. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#central #childhood #dove #farm #hunting

Over the last decade, at considerable cost to me in money and effort, confronted with ridicule and intimidation, I have brought more than a dozen lawsuits challenging the corruption in the election process in Tennessee. ↗

— John Jay Hooker

#challenging #confronted #considerable #corruption #cost

On the political side, I was the Democratic nominee for the Governor of Tennessee in 1970 and 1998. ↗

— John Jay Hooker

#governor #i #nominee #political #side

Andrew Johnson was a Southerner generally who proclaimed that his native state of Tennessee was a country for white men. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#country #generally #his #johnson #men

I grew up in east Tennessee, and everybody knew everybody's business. ↗

— Kenny Chesney

#east #everybody #grew #i #knew