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There is racism all over the United States. Most Southerners I know, we definitely find ourselves defending our heritage.


Octavia Spencer

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SPENCER BOLDMAN I was taking myself very seriously when I was going through life changes. And I realized that I need...
SPENCER JOHNSON The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical mora...
HERBERT SPENCER Netflix has such a knack for giving a new life to those B-movies that you thought and hoped no one w...
SPENCER GRAMMER I remember hearing stories from my mother and father about their parents and grandparents when they ...
CHASKE SPENCER 'Greek' is basically a show about sororities and fraternities. It follows Casey Cartwright, ...
SPENCER GRAMMER I always thought that sororities were just made up of cheerleaders from high school. And I kind of p...
SPENCER GRAMMER Liquid oxygen is one of the cheapest manufactured substances on Earth. In large quantities, it costs...
HENRY SPENCER I can be a goofball sometimes. I love having a good time and being carefree.
SPENCER BOLDMAN My dad has an incredible passion for living life, and he's really, really funny, so he definitel...
SPENCER GRAMMER The failure of woman to produce genius of the first rank in most of the supreme forms of human effor...
ANNA SPENCER A successful woman preacher was once asked "what special obstacles have you met as a woman in the mi...
ANNA SPENCER It is not alone the fact that women have generally had to spend most of their strength in caring for...
ANNA SPENCER The friendship between a man and a woman which does not lead to marriage or desire for marriage may ...
ANNA SPENCER I think it's good to have him here because he has that intensity and attitude we need. We will all b...
ANTHONY SPENCER That's what coach Williams brings to this group: Intensity. He has that hard-nosed attitude.
ANTHONY SPENCER Coach Williams has been great for us because he is about intensity. Technique is another thing he st...
ANTHONY SPENCER Akron has a running game. It didn't seem that way because when they tried it early on we stopped it.
ANTHONY SPENCER Stop the run and make them pass. That is how we are operating on defense right now.
ANTHONY SPENCER