William R. Ferris quotes
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“We have, for generations, been trying to be more inclusive of the word Southern. And a symbol like the confederate flag indicates white only are allowed into that world. And removing the Confederate flag from public view to the pages of history is long overdue.”
-- William R. FerrisSource : "Confederate Flag Debate Symbolizes Rapid Change In The South". "All Things Considered" with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. June 23, 2015.
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“I think the ties to slavery and the terrible tragedy that followed the Civil War with Jim Crow and racial violence is closely linked to the Confederate flag.”
-- William R. FerrisSource : "Confederate Flag Debate Symbolizes Rapid Change In The South". "All Things Considered" with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. June 23, 2015.
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“There is a mythic view of the South that's symbolized by the film "Gone With The Wind" that looks back fondly at slavery as a time when everything was happily in place - in place for whites.”
-- William R. FerrisSource : "Confederate Flag Debate Symbolizes Rapid Change In The South". "All Things Considered" with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. June 23, 2015.
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“I think a proud Southerner is a Southerner who is aware of his or her past, and being proud of one's past does not mean you accept it. It means that you realize that we've come through the fire, and we're headed in another direction.”
-- William R. FerrisSource : Source: www.npr.org
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“When we say the South lost the Civil War, we mean the white South. The blacks were liberated. And it's trying to redefine this Southern myth and bring it in a more positive direction.”
-- William R. FerrisSource : "Confederate Flag Debate Symbolizes Rapid Change In The South". "All Things Considered" with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. June 23, 2015.
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“Where you find obesity, you'll find poverty. It's a reflection of the South's struggle to raise its standard of living.”
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“The Moon Pie is a bedrock of the country store and rural tradition. It is more than a snack. It is a cultural artifact.”
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Source : A. A. Gill (2008). “Paper view: the best of the Sunday Times television reviews”, Orion Pub Co
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“When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.”
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Source : "Satires". Book by Juvenal, edited by A. E. Housman, p. XI, 1931.
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Source : A. S. A. Harrison (2013). “The Silent Wife: A Novel”, p.96, Penguin
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