John Shelton Reed quote: "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."

The South is like my favorite pair of blue jeans. It's shrunk some, faded a bit, got a few holes...
JOHN SHELTON REED

Dixie has just fallen to pieces. There are little patches of Dixie. But even in the heart of Dixie -...
JOHN SHELTON REED

Southern barbecue is the closest thing we have in the U.S. to Europe's wines or cheeses; drive a...
JOHN SHELTON REED

I've occasionally wished I had Caller ID. Even telemarketers, I hate to hang up on them. I try t...
JOHN SHELTON REED

We could say that people who eat grits, listen to country music, follow stock-car racing, support co...
JOHN SHELTON REED

I can see why many Southerners, black ones in particular, don't like the implication that Southe...
JOHN SHELTON REED

Southerners are also like ethnic groups in that they have a sense of group identity.
JOHN SHELTON REED

Why can I write 'South' with some assurance that you'll know I mean Richmond and don'...
JOHN SHELTON REED

Any Southern nationalist movement, especially one that wraps itself in the Confederate flag, is goin...
JOHN SHELTON REED

Barbecue is the third rail of North Carolina politics.
JOHN SHELTON REED

If you care to define the South as a poor, rural region with lousy race relations, that South surviv...
JOHN SHELTON REED

In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of t...
JOHN REED

We are honored to welcome these outstanding individuals to the Board, ... We look forward to combini...
JOHN REED

It was a lot bigger turnout than I ever expected. This is the largest video first-day release that I...
JOHN REED

Here if I want to hear about the issues, or go and see a candidate, I can do it. Politics is a lot m...
JOHN REED

They've learned on a long car ride, you'd better have a book,
JOHN REED

It's a nice step,
JOHN REED

He's the closest thing to Jesus Christ I've ever seen on this earth.
JOHN REED

Ten days that shook the world.
JOHN REED

War means an ugly mob-madness, crucifying the truth tellers, choking the artists, sidetracking refor...
JOHN REED

But that doesn't include customer inconvenience.
JOHN REED

The construction is all up in the air at the moment. With all the delays in the process, we have to ...
JOHN REED

Medicinal Spirit, Inside Mirror

Therapy becomes a harmony, and that harmony is built on l...
JOHN SHELTON JONES

My definition of Theology
My proverb of theology is a doctrine study of overall foundation of b...
JOHN SHELTON JONES

Sounds Is Love of All, the World
Sounds create soulful existence,
When the ...
JOHN SHELTON JONES

Take delight on a woman’s pubic hair for its a signature of maturity and a secretive covenant . . ...
JOHN SHELTON JONES

Sometimes it’s typical to think you found what you desire, but then the opposition can happen, cau...
JOHN SHELTON JONES

A delirious person would think there's only one way, and that way is simple, but the truth is no way...
JOHN SHELTON JONES

I had so much fun playing songs from 'Based On A True Story...' and getting to see the crowd...
BLAKE SHELTON

One thing that you can't fake is chemistry.
BLAKE SHELTON

Ironically, being a coach on 'The Voice' and spending time with those kids, Xenia and Dia es...
BLAKE SHELTON

I'm good at anything that's country - biscuits, gravy, chicken-fried steak. Look at me, for ...
BLAKE SHELTON

What we remember can always be changed, what we forget we are always.
RICHARD SHELTON

Good gravy on biscuits, girlfriend, you are in the middle of more messes than a platter of scrambled...
PAIGE SHELTON

Of course, you always have to be concerned about hijacking. But with the measures that are in place ...
HUGH SHELTON

But it's been a great, humbling - and I've been very honored to have the opportunity to serv...
HUGH SHELTON

Even if it's your wedding, if you're a guy, it's boring.
BLAKE SHELTON

We came back right over the World Trade Center and could see, even from that altitude, the devastati...
HUGH SHELTON

I think you have to be willing to take a bullet for somebody if you're going to stand up there, ...
BLAKE SHELTON

Flaws make us all human, and you're rooting for characters because of those flaws. It's agel...
LYNN SHELTON

When I hear other artists talk, they talk about 'How come radio's not playing my song?' ...
BLAKE SHELTON

I still love farming and gardening and things like that in the summertime.
BLAKE SHELTON

The way my family always did Christmas was on Christmas Eve, it wasn't really centered around a ...
BLAKE SHELTON

She touched a lot of lives teaching. And she played the organ at (Speed Baptist Church) for over 60 ...
BEN SHELTON

I have two older brothers, the general and David, who is a teacher. My sister, Sarah, also is a teac...
BEN SHELTON

A friend of my father's bet him a dollar that he wouldn't ask (my mother) out, and he did.
BEN SHELTON

Agriculture would dry up. There wouldn't be any agriculture. There wouldn't be enough people to get ...
BEN SHELTON

I don't give a crap about clowns.
BLAKE SHELTON

We need to be more aggressive with our swings, ... But they are all things we can work on.
BETH SHELTON

I was very pleased with our passing and defense, and we had some good heads up play, ... Overall, I ...
BETH SHELTON

We're going into the game giving it everything we've got and hope to come home with a win.
BETH SHELTON

She did very well in the tournament, but we knew she would, ... Beth is a steady player, she keeps h...
BETH SHELTON

We have to focus on getting hitters to transition aggressively and play strong every time, ... We go...
BETH SHELTON

The only thing you can do to make catfish edible is fry them.
BLAKE SHELTON

You can't just Google help, ... There will be links and information for anyone who needs it.
ANGELA SHELTON

I'm finishing a book about the making of the movie and I have a comedy I'm dying to do that would be...
ANGELA SHELTON

I would like this film to be available to everyone, because there's very few of us out there who hav...
ANGELA SHELTON

I want them (the agencies) to have a way to raise awareness and funds, ... I lost my publicist and a...
ANGELA SHELTON

I had this plan to do this simple little film and life said to me, 'I'm glad you have a plan, but th...
ANGELA SHELTON

I never intended to confront my father, but it became inevitable, ... Ironically enough, it happened...
ANGELA SHELTON

We were taken to a foster home and my parents were never prosecuted for what they did to us, ... And...
ANGELA SHELTON

Marcus Allen (Former NFL running back) contributed a lot and told me to 'walk by faith and not sight...
ANGELA SHELTON

I threw a party and charged people $50, ... Those who couldn't come got an envelope and asked if the...
ANGELA SHELTON

I thought this would be a cute little film about meeting people with your same name, ... I would sh...
ANGELA SHELTON

Everything went pretty good for us tonight. I've got no complaints.
BARRY SHELTON

Maybe we used up all of our hits yesterday.
BARRY SHELTON

It might not sound like a great deal, but given that the district has been built out for a number of...
BARRY SHELTON

I'm proud of the way we swung the bats. Their pitchers struggled throwing strikes tonight. ÃƒÂ¢�...
BARRY SHELTON

Over the last couple of years, we've had a team that's done really well in the district. Naturally, ...
BARRY SHELTON

Anytime that the Arizona Cardinals play football, I scream at the top of my lungs at the television....
BLAKE SHELTON

When I think about the songs I might record, I ask myself, 'Can I picture anybody I know back ho...
BLAKE SHELTON

I think that the American people should rest assured and be assured that every federal agency that h...
HUGH SHELTON

Standing center stage in the six foot circle of wood cut from the stage of the Ryman is something I ...
BLAKE SHELTON

When things go wrong or don't turn out the way you pictured them in your head, you just have to ...
BLAKE SHELTON

Going to college and studying music is not a bad idea at all. I don't know if you can go to coll...
BLAKE SHELTON

I like bubble baths.
BLAKE SHELTON

For me, I want to see diversity in storytelling sources because we live in a very diverse society, a...
LYNN SHELTON

I think every cute girl is told to move to L.A. someday. So I do like the drive over from my house t...
BLAKE SHELTON

I think that our team stepped up in so many spots today. It started with our best doubles effort of ...
BRYAN SHELTON

We need to come back strong this weekend and reestablish ourselves.
BRYAN SHELTON

We've got to respond. Championship teams are defined not so much on how they win, but how they deal ...
BRYAN SHELTON

We're excited about the opportunity that we have to play this weekend. It seems like we've been wait...
BRYAN SHELTON

I didn't grow up playing video games. I grew up catching crawdads in the creek and minnows and l...
BLAKE SHELTON

The two trucks will eventually cover eight of 12 city garbage routes or 75 percent of the city.
BILL SHELTON

It is very time consuming and almost impossible to cut grass around signs placed on rights-of-way. W...
BILL SHELTON

This includes trees, light poles, buildings, or any other property belonging to the city.
BILL SHELTON

The shoreline is a tribal resource, a historic resource and an important part of tribal identity.
BILL SHELTON

It is going to be a very successful program, but we need to get the word out and it is going to take...
BILL SHELTON

The city really doesn't have the manpower to follow behind the candidates and supporters, who may in...
BILL SHELTON

It's one of those things that has to be done. We'd ask people to give themselves extra travel time i...
BOBBY SHELTON

We're on track to be done by the end of May, the early part of June. It all depends on the weather b...
BOBBY SHELTON

Initially, you don't need five lanes in each direction.
BOBBY SHELTON

I'm a little set back. I had no idea they were looking at retirement. I thought it would stay around...
BOBBY SHELTON

That runs from medians to narrowing the street to roundabouts, those types of things.
BOBBY SHELTON

They can contact our traffic management division at 455-6100. We'd take their concerns and issues an...
BOBBY SHELTON

The last couple of accidents there (on Durango at Route 160), people ran stop signs. I find it hard ...
BOBBY SHELTON

With the accidents that have been happening on Blue Diamond, we've been talking with NDOT (Nevada De...
BOBBY SHELTON

That's one of the reasons we built that, to give people an alternative to the Strip.
BOBBY SHELTON

We give them time to leisurely leave the Strip. When the crowd starts dispersing, we'll start the cl...
BOBBY SHELTON

I love to deer hunt and fish and drive down the back roads in my truck. All those things basically e...
BLAKE SHELTON

Wayne Downing is also a great leader, has served our nation very well, and I think it's great th...
HUGH SHELTON

There needs to be an app that edits what I say versus what I want to say.
BLAKE SHELTON

I'd love for there to be a situation - a world in which that's just not even a question anym...
LYNN SHELTON

There is an extensive sterilization process, which uses FDA-reviewed methods that they have said rem...
LINDA SHELTON

I hate pigs. I hate goats.
BLAKE SHELTON

I was about five years behind him in the Baltimore Orioles' organization, ... Everyone told Dalkowsk...
RON SHELTON

It is changing the face of terrorism. It is basically bringing it to the United States, to our great...
HUGH SHELTON

I didn't think in my wildest dreams I'd be on any of these shows or be doing any of this like I am. ...
CHRIS SHELTON

It's a great way to learn and hone kayaking and watercraft skills, and it all takes place in a safe ...
RICHARD SHELTON

He literally was demon possessed with the bottle, ... In that regard, he's not like 'Nuke' LaLoosh.
RON SHELTON

It's instant feedback. You can see things right away.
CHRIS SHELTON

I knew, going up there, that he'd have a lot of competition. But as far as doing what he's done, I t...
BARRY SHELTON

We knew coming over here it was going to be a tough ball game. Every time we play them, it's a heck ...
BARRY SHELTON

Over the last several years, it's been a huge game for both teams.
BARRY SHELTON

The key for McKinney is the mobility of our citizens. We're a big exporter of workers to areas south...
BARRY SHELTON

That's the way baseball is. Sometimes you get matched up against some team's number one, and sometim...
BARRY SHELTON

I'm proud of the way we swung the bats. Their pitchers struggled throwing strikes tonight. I don'...
BARRY SHELTON

The idea is to have land uses conducive to that transit stop. Once that station comes in, the surrou...
BARRY SHELTON

The wussiest thing a guy can do is drive a clean truck. Dents, scratches and mud - that's manly.
BLAKE SHELTON

I often say that we should only be judged on two things: if we’re kind, and if we read books.
PAIGE SHELTON

I always make a joke that they transplanted Martina McBride's eyes and put them in my head.
BLAKE SHELTON

My goal was to make first lieutenant. I never spent a lot of time worrying about what came after tha...
HUGH SHELTON

I really used that season as a learning experience. I tried to stay as sharp as I could physically b...
CHRIS SHELTON

His headquarters is now rubble,
HENRY SHELTON

Well, it has been rather hectic since the 11th of September. And even before then it was quite busy.
HUGH SHELTON

We were playing a fair, and a few people were handing me stuffed animals and flowers, but one person...
BLAKE SHELTON

I had seen the films out of World War II, the great 82nd Airborne, the 101st, and all of those of yo...
HUGH SHELTON

We know what their centers of gravity are. Some of those can be attacked by the other elements of ou...
HUGH SHELTON

My favorite thing about Los Angeles is there are businesses that you can call, and they will deliver...
BLAKE SHELTON

My goal is never to go pole-to-pole. My goal is to stay in the middle of the field.
CHRIS SHELTON

Our concerns were really pushed aside. No one was really pleased with the outcome by the end of it.
ERIC SHELTON

I'm looking forward to the opportunity to be playing for Jim Leyland. Just his track record alone ma...
CHRIS SHELTON

Everything can be broken -- there's no such thing as perfect security. There's only degrees of insec...
JIM SHELTON

I don't think we should give them any special considerations for coming in here, I don't think it's ...
WILLIAM SHELTON

There was one student that brought in $100 from his piggy bank.
DEBBIE SHELTON

I talked to Carolyn Dawn Johnson about doing a duet with her a few times, and we just haven't go...
BLAKE SHELTON

When you start dating another country star, the first question is, 'When are y'all gonna do ...
BLAKE SHELTON

It feels unreal. You put me in with all these names, you put me with everybody else ? maybe when the...
CHRIS SHELTON

I'm proud of the way we swung the bats. Their pitchers struggled throwing strikes tonight. … I don...
BARRY SHELTON

He is a tough businessman. If he gets his sights on something, he goes and does it.
CHARLIE SHELTON

I moved to Nashville at 17 to make music, and since then I've put everything I have into doing i...
BLAKE SHELTON

I don't drink Red Bull. I don't drink red pop. I do chew Big Red gum. I've tasted red pop and it was...
CHRIS SHELTON

The exact time and place and how that's going to take place will be handled diplomatically.
HENRY SHELTON

It's a matter now of the procedures that we have to go through to have the aircraft returned,
HENRY SHELTON

We continue to make considerable progress in our anti-terrorism and force protection program, ... Ou...
HENRY SHELTON

While we can never fully eliminate the possibility that terrorists will strike against us, we are do...
HENRY SHELTON

We, collectively, are robbing Peter to pay Paul,
HENRY SHELTON

it's no where near the answer.
HENRY SHELTON

Poverty is alive and well in Rhode Island,
HENRY SHELTON

We get these calls every day. The companies have become much more hard-hearted.
HENRY SHELTON

Some of our people have stepped forward and offered their second homes - cabins, cottages - in diffe...
HENRY SHELTON

Born in the U.S.A.
BLAKE SHELTON

I'll be releasing the four country artists' names up to the event. The first one is Andy Griggs.
BLAKE SHELTON

I was ready to move home.
BLAKE SHELTON

At first I was, 'Yessir, Mr. Braddock.' I was in awe,
BLAKE SHELTON

That's when the dream is so far off it seems like it will never happen. It can be most anything you ...
BLAKE SHELTON

I'm lucky if I get two in a year, let alone in back-to-back at bats. It's all kind of overwhelming. ...
CHRIS SHELTON

Pinot Noir is one of the most difficult [grape] varieties to produce, but when it is done well, it i...
TOM SHELTON

He's nasty. That's why the Yankees went and got him and that's why Chicago has him now. He's going t...
CHRIS SHELTON

We're currently working on Russell between Decatur and Rainbow.
BOBBY SHELTON

I think once you understand the length of the season and what happens, the biggest thing is you have...
CHRIS SHELTON

So, we hooked the trucks up and moved on out. Felt like the Beverly Hillbillies.
RODNEY SHELTON

We have never done this before. We were a little apprehensive. But we had a great student.
MARY SHELTON

I think that Amanda is a very brave, courageous, and strong individual.
DEBBIE SHELTON

Things are worse. The gap's getting wider -- between those who have and those who do not.
HENRY SHELTON

The Grand Ole Opry is an artist, and I am proud to be one of its songs.
BLAKE SHELTON

As a country singer, there is only one place you dream of playing in your lifetime, and that is the ...
BLAKE SHELTON

My life has been an open book, for better or for worse.
BLAKE SHELTON

Our GM, Dave Dombrowski, called me and asked to report early and I was happy to do it. I'm really lo...
CHRIS SHELTON

I get the same feeling walking into the Opry House as I do when I see one of my heroes.
BLAKE SHELTON

I never really saw myself doing a Super Bowl promo.
BLAKE SHELTON

People are scrambling to figure out how they can prolong the life of an album. But as long as the sh...
BLAKE SHELTON

Those are the things that, in the wrong hands - and certainly in our war on terrorism we also must a...
HUGH SHELTON

That's why I was shaking my head as I walked away.
CHRIS SHELTON

I got a job working at a publishing company, Balmur Music, which was a company that Anne Murray was ...
BLAKE SHELTON

I jump out of perfectly good airplanes, and it's a great thrill and it allows me to share in the...
HUGH SHELTON

This is not something we're doing to make money off of any time soon. We're trying to do something f...
CHARLIE SHELTON

If you're not offending one group of people, you're not entertaining the other.
BLAKE SHELTON

I remember telling the head of Warner Brothers that if they'd just make a video for 'Ol'...
BLAKE SHELTON

I think it's definitely paid off. We were meticulous in Spring Training to stay in our routines. Fro...
DEREK SHELTON

It took a three-hit game for people to notice that.
DEREK SHELTON

Hey, communications major, what are you trying to say?
DEREK SHELTON

It's nice down here. It's great to see different people and how excited they are about the season.
DEREK SHELTON

We wanted to move somewhere that sounded like it had a good music scene. We also kind of wanted to m...
DEVIN SHELTON

We should surpass 50,000 next week. Our intent wasn't to go out as a headliner right yet, but that i...
DEVIN SHELTON

It was somewhere in North Carolina, and the waitress there was the first one to tell us about what h...
DEVIN SHELTON

It is one of the most validating things for an artist like me, to have people sing along to your son...
BLAKE SHELTON

I'm not that smart, but I'm smart enough to know that if Usher wants to help you, you let hi...
BLAKE SHELTON

When we sent the note home to the parents we indicated that this was something that had affected our...
DEBBIE SHELTON

I was sent information in the mail regarding the fundraiser over the summer.
DEBBIE SHELTON

It's strange for me, power-wise. It's not something I'm accustomed to. I'm not going up trying to hi...
CHRIS SHELTON

I know who's got the cast of that and I'll pay for that. He was a great symbol of some great things ...
CHUCK SHELTON

Sitcoms, I always figured that would be an easy gig, but man, it is not.
BLAKE SHELTON

I've driven in L.A. probably three times. I'm a slug in L.A.
BLAKE SHELTON

About four or five years and 10 or 20 pounds ago I could probably show these young guys a thing or t...
DAIMON SHELTON

I'm definitely excited about it, ... It feels good to be rewarded for your hard work and recognized ...
DAIMON SHELTON

My role is to be primarily a lead blocker, and I take a lot of pride in what I do, ... I've been for...
DAIMON SHELTON

Our mentality on offense is we want to impose our will whoever we're facing. We were able to do that...
DAIMON SHELTON

He'll come back and get better, ... Being around him for so long and being the type of person he is,...
DAIMON SHELTON

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.

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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.

John Shelton Reed

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