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title: "1 Blame Blame Quotes By Shelby Foote"
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> [I'm crazy about Grant: his character, his nature, his science in fighting and everything else. But I don't like the idea that he never accepted the blame for anything, always found someone else to blame for any mistake that was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-foote/i-m-crazy-about-grant-his-character-his-nature-his-science-in/)

[Shelby Foote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-foote/)

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## More by Shelby Foote

> [A fact is not a truth until you love it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-foote/a-fact-is-not-a-truth-until-you-love-it/)

[Shelby Foote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-foote/)

> [Of all the passions of mankind, the love of novelty most rules the mind. In search of this, from realm to realm we roam.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-foote/of-all-the-passions-of-mankind-the-love-of-novelty-most-rules-the/)

[Shelby Foote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-foote/)

> [“For my part I consider the central idea pervading this struggle is the necessity that is upon us of proving that popular government is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-foote/for-my-part-i-consider-the-central-idea-pervading-this-struggle-is/)

[Shelby Foote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-foote/)

> [I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value, but to have someone else to point out your mistakes is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-foote/i-think-making-mistakes-and-discovering-them-for-yourself-is-of-great/)

[Shelby Foote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-foote/)

> [I began the way nearly everybody I ever heard of - I began writing poetry. And I find that to be quite usual with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-foote/i-began-the-way-nearly-everybody-i-ever-heard-of-i-began-writing/)

[Shelby Foote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-foote/)

> [“He is the kind of person I should expect to rescue one from a mad dog at any risk but then insist on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-foote/he-is-the-kind-of-person-i-should-expect-to-rescue-one-from-a-mad-dog/)

[Shelby Foote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-foote/)

> [I never cared what kind of grade I got.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-foote/i-never-cared-what-kind-of-grade-i-got/)

[Shelby Foote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-foote/)

> [And I'm a slow writer: five, six hundred words is a good day. That's the reason it took me 20 years to write those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-foote/and-i-m-a-slow-writer-five-six-hundred-words-is-a-good-day-that-s-the/)

[Shelby Foote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-foote/)

> [If you want to study writing, read Dickens. That's how to study writing, or Faulkner, or D.H. Lawrence, or John Keats. They can teach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-foote/if-you-want-to-study-writing-read-dickens-that-s-how-to-study-writing/)

[Shelby Foote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-foote/)

> [I've never shown anybody a draft of anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-foote/i-ve-never-shown-anybody-a-draft-of-anything/)

[Shelby Foote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-foote/)

> [I ran into Ku Klux Klan and the threat of hurricanes, and those two things made me decide not to build on the Alabama…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-foote/i-ran-into-ku-klux-klan-and-the-threat-of-hurricanes-and-those-two/)

[Shelby Foote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-foote/)

> [I took five years on the first volume, five years on the second volume, and ten years on the third volume.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-foote/i-took-five-years-on-the-first-volume-five-years-on-the-second-volume/)

[Shelby Foote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-foote/)

> [Grant was something rare in that or any war. He could learn from experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-foote/grant-was-something-rare-in-that-or-any-war-he-could-learn-from/)

[Shelby Foote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-foote/)

> [Getting close to books, and spending time by myself, I was obliged to think about things I would never have thought about if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-foote/getting-close-to-books-and-spending-time-by-myself-i-was-obliged-to/)

[Shelby Foote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-foote/)

> [“Right now I'm thinking a good deal about emancipation. One of our sins was slavery, another was emancipation. It's a paradox. In theory, emancipation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-foote/right-now-i-m-thinking-a-good-deal-about-emancipation-one-of-our-sins/)

[Shelby Foote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-foote/)

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