Virginia Quotes
240 Virginia quotes by 180 unique authors
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The day the army of Virginia allows a negro regiment to enter their lines as soldiers they will be degraded, ruined, and disgraced.
— Robert Toombs
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There were times when I asked myself whether I was being principled or simply a coward.... I was wrapped in the cocoon of tennis early…
— Arthur Ashe
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Resolved, That the General Assembly of Virginia, doth unequivocally express a firm resolution to maintain and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the…
— James Madison
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I went to the University of Virginia and I came from, I grew up in suburban Philadelphia.
— Tina Fey
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It's rather splendid to think of all those great men and women who appear to have presented symptoms that allow us to describe them as…
— Stephen Fry
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I grew up in southwestern Virginia. I was born in South Carolina, but only because my parents had a vacation cabin or something there on…
— William Gibson
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My mother was a public school teacher in Virginia, and we didn't have any money, we just survived on happiness, on being a happy family.
— Dave Grohl
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And later, if I ever felt that I was getting swept away by the craziness of being in a band, well, I'd go back to…
— Dave Grohl
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When I'm at home in Virginia, I become more hermit-like. I like my own home.
— Robert Duvall
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I love going to black churches, and I love some of these black preachers. The best preacher I ever saw in my life was a…
— Robert Duvall
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My father's people... are from Fairfax in northern Virginia, just across the Mason-Dixon line. So it was an honour to play Lee, he was a…
— Robert Duvall
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I grew up in the segregated South, right here in Lynchburg, Virginia.
— Jerry Falwell
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I live in a rural part of Virginia surrounded by farms and farmers.
— Barbara Kingsolver
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I woke up full of hate and fear the day before the most recent peace march in San Francisco. This was disappointing: I'd hoped to…
— Anne Lamott
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I'm from Middlesboro, Ky., a little town on the Tennessee and Virginia border.
— Lee Majors
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If you're writing an opinion piece, it's your job to write your opinion. If, on the other hand, you wrote a novel, as Virginia Woolf…
— David Mamet
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Come to West Virginia and we'll show you how to live... how to treat people. We're open for business. West Virginia is truly on the…
— Joe Manchin
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I can assure you that my wife and I - every penny of income we've ever had, our taxes were paid in West Virginia.
— Joe Manchin
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In West Virginia, the most vulnerable people we have are people who get up every morning and go to work.
— Joe Manchin
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Whoever is president, my first priority is the same - as always. I look for what's best for West Virginia and the nation as a…
— Joe Manchin
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I fully expect to be able to complete one more campaign goal - and that is to proudly report that signs have been erected as…
— Joe Manchin
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I made a fairly bold pledge that I wanted Virginia to be the energy capital of the East Coast.
— Bob McDonnell
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At the risk of sounding like Virginia Woolf, I could live on £700 a year.
— Ian Mcewan
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I came from Mechanicsville, Virginia, where you have four seasons.
— Jason Mraz
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In West Virginia yesterday, a man was arrested for stealing several blow-up dolls. Reportedly, police didn't have any trouble catching the man because he was…
— Conan O'Brien
Who Wrote These Virginia Quotes
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