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I have a record as governor. I have a record of cutting spending. And I talked yesterday not only about we ought to cut spending,… — Haley Barbour
The Missouri is, perhaps, different in appearance and character from all other rivers in the world; there is a terror in its manner which is… — George Catlin
When I was growing up I always wanted to be a waitress. My sister opened a restaurant in Mississippi, and I went down there and… — Lacey Chabert
I've been enjoying 'Life on the Mississippi' by Mark Twain that I picked up at the airport randomly. It's very witty and interesting to read… — Roman Coppola
I went to college in Mississippi; I'm from Louisiana. — Trishelle Cannatella
I didn't come east of the Mississippi for the first time in my life until I was 26 years of age, but I knew. I… — Sam Donaldson
And Thames and all the rivers of the kings Ran into Mississippi and were drowned. They planted England with a stubborn trust But the cleft… — Stephen Vincent Benet
My mother, a teacher, encouraged me to use my creativity as an actual way to make a living, and my father, a Mississippi physician, did… — Greg Iles
In the state of Mississippi, Many Years Ago, a boy of 14 years got a taste of Southern law. — Phil Ochs
It's easy to whip up resentment against anything that smacks with authority. Nobody ever organizes over pan handlers. So even if a cop is black,… — Greg Gutfeld
In the wake of this disaster, the people of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida should know that the United States Congress stands ready to help… — Bill Frist
A carriage will start from Washington in the morning, the passengers will breakfast at Baltimore, dine at Philadelphia, and sup in New York the same… — Oliver Evans
I call this my church house trilogy. Souls' Chapel really was music from the Mississippi Delta, which to me is a church within itself. The… — Marty Stuart
The Delta is a conservative place, .. District 28 is a very conservative district. We don't have many conservative districts in the Delta. Mississippi is… — Charles Capps
Everyone thinks because you're from the south you know everyone down there, but it's not like that; I never knew nothing about no Mississippi. — Buddy Guy
It would appear that the state of Mississippi has decided to maintain white supremacy by murdering children. — Roy Wilkins
I'm that same David Crockett, fresh from the backwoods, half-horse, half-alligator, a little touched with the snapping turtle; can wade the Mississippi, leap the Ohio,… — Davy Crockett
My wife is from Laurel, Mississippi, and she has a lot of relatives down in Louisiana, Baton Rouge, and Shreveport, Louisiana. We go down there… — Charlie Day
My parents were working in a hospital in Memphis. But I didn't live there for any length of time that I remember. The first thing… — Morgan Freeman
The folks in Mississippi are saying, 'Thank God for Texas.' — Kinky Friedman
We're first on executions. We're 49th in funding public education. We're in a race with Mississippi for the bottom, and we're winning. — Kinky Friedman
The attorney general would call at 5 o'clock in the evening and say: 'Tomorrow morning we are going to try to integrate the University of… — Harold H. Greene
I never thought I'd see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so, than black folks was during the civil… — Dick Gregory
I don't think the folks in the low-tax states really want to go into a fairness discussion. Residents of Connecticut and New York would love… — Gail Collins
When I was growing up in Mississippi - it was good Southern food... but I also grew up with a Greek family; when other kids… — Cat Cora

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