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title: "11 State Alabama Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [The State of Alabama let me down tremendously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-ray-hinton/the-state-of-alabama-let-me-down-tremendously/)

[Anthony Ray Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-ray-hinton/)

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> [I was Mr. Football for the whole state of Alabama.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamarcus-russell/i-was-mr-football-for-the-whole-state-of-alabama/)

[JaMarcus Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamarcus-russell/)

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> [Small business is big business in the state of Alabama.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-ivey/small-business-is-big-business-in-the-state-of-alabama/)

[Kay Ivey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-ivey/)

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> [The state of Alabama can take my freedom, the state of Alabama can take my future, but the state of Alabama cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-ray-hinton/the-state-of-alabama-can-take-my-freedom-the-state-of-alabama-can/)

[Anthony Ray Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-ray-hinton/)

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> [You're looking at a guy who grew up in the state of Alabama, and my dream was to play there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dabo-swinney/you-re-looking-at-a-guy-who-grew-up-in-the-state-of-alabama-and-my/)

[Dabo Swinney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dabo-swinney/)

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> [When you have a death row case, you have to make 100 percent sure you have the right person. But these DAs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-ray-hinton/when-you-have-a-death-row-case-you-have-to-make-100-percent-sure-you/)

[Anthony Ray Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-ray-hinton/)

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> [I taught myself how to pole vault in one day. The next day I entered a meet to pole vault and won…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bo-jackson/i-taught-myself-how-to-pole-vault-in-one-day-the-next-day-i-entered-a/)

[Bo Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bo-jackson/)

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> [The Daily Show is one of the lowest-rated shows in the state of Alabama, so we decided to reach across the aisle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hasan-minhaj/the-daily-show-is-one-of-the-lowest-rated-shows-in-the-state-of/)

[Hasan Minhaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hasan-minhaj/)

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> [The state of Alabama is serious about economic development, and we have shown that the Mobile region has a skilled workforce that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bradley-byrne/the-state-of-alabama-is-serious-about-economic-development-and-we/)

[Bradley Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bradley-byrne/)

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> [The remainder of my schooldays were no more auspicious than the first. Indeed, they were an endless Project that slowly evolved into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/the-remainder-of-my-schooldays-were-no-more-auspicious-than-the-first/)

[Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/)

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> [“I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor’s lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr-2/i-have-a-dream-that-one-day-the-state-of-alabama-whose-governor-s/)

[Martin Luther King Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr-2/)

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