Georgia Quotes

• I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Dream, Kings, Son

  Speech at Civil Rights March,Washington, D.C., 28 Aug. 1963

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• I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.

  Georgia O'Keeffe

  Inspiring, Art, Flower

  Dennis Abrams, Georgia O'Keeffe (2009). “Georgia O'Keeffe”, p.23, Infobase Publishing

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• I believe Georgia should aspire to nothing less than greatness And I believe greatness is within our grasp.

  Sonny Perdue

  Believe, Greatness, Should

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• My version of 'Georgia' became the state song of Georgia. That was a big thing for me, man. It really touched me. Here is a state that used to lynch people like me suddenly declaring my version of a song as its state song. That is touching.

  Ray Charles

  Song, Men, People

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• I am committed to making Georgia a model for open and honest government

  Roy Barnes

  Government, Honest, Committed

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• I was raised all over. Kansas, Hawaii, Georgia, Texas and Kentucky, by the time I was 11.

  Jeri Ryan

  Kentucky, Texas, Kansas

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• So today I say, the outlook in Georgia has never been brighter.

  Roy Barnes

  Today, Outlook, Brighter

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• Be cocky. Walk into the Georgia Dome like you own it.

  Mary Lou Retton

  Cocky, Domes, Like You

  Mary Lou Retton, David Bender (2000). “Mary Lou Retton's Gateways to Happiness: 7 Ways to a More Peaceful, More Prosperous, More Satisfying Life”, WaterBrook Press

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• I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught.

  Georgia O'Keeffe

  Letting Go, Flower, Learning

  Georgia O'Keeffe, Richard Marshall, Yvonne Scott, Achille Bonito Oliva, Vancouver Art Gallery (2007). “Georgia O'Keeffe: nature and abstraction”, Skira - Berenice

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• For the entire state of Georgia, having the premiere of Gone With the Wind on home ground was like winning the Battle of Atlanta 75 years late.

  Anne Edwards

  Home, Winning, Atlanta

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• Georgia Tech beat us and Mississippi Southern tied us last year, and Texas beat us after we had the game won. We only played about five games the way we were capable of playing and lost one of those.

  Bear Bryant

  Technology, Texas, Lost Ones

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• This journey started about 42 years ago in a little town of Brunswick, Georgia.

  Wade Boggs

  Sports, Journey, Years

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• Georgia is not just a European country, but one of the most ancient European countries.

  Mikhail Saakashvili

  Country, Ancient, European Countries

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• I don't need to be married to Georgia O'Keeffe or Lillian Hellman, but I like being with a woman I can look up to.

  Alec Baldwin

  Georgia O Keeffe, Needs, Looks

  "Smart Alec". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. April 25, 2006.

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• Georgia does not need Russia as an enemy.

  Mikhail Saakashvili

  Russia, Enemy, Doe

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• I intend to make Georgia howl.

  William Tecumseh Sherman

  Howl

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• In Georgia it's a little different because of the East Cobb program. It's such a strong program that we see a lot of kids that come through here on a lot of different teams from across the country that come here to play in tournaments.

  Roy Clarke

  Country, Strong, Team

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• We've got a name for sushi in Georgia... bait

  Blake Clark

  Inspiration, Names, Bait

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• This is now a global war on terror and, indeed, it is important, it is imperative that we win in the battles in Afghanistan and that we win in the battles in Iraq. And as the gentleman from Georgia has mentioned, this is not something that is going to be quick and easy.

  Marsha Blackburn

  War, Winning, Iraq

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• It is time we Georgians did not depend only on others, it is time we asked what Georgia will do for the world.

  Mikhail Saakashvili

  World, Georgians, Depends

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• A person like myself, born and raised in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia, to lower-middle-class parents. But I had the opportunity to get an education, to go and earn a commission in the United States Army, to serve for 22 years, to lead men and women in combat.

  Allen West

  Education, Army, Men

  "Fiery Speech Thrusts Congressional Candidate Into National Spotlight". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. December 15, 2009.

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• Now, the entire world community recognizes Georgia. We are members of the United Nations and the Council of Europe. Everything is being prepared so that we will soon enter the European Union.

  Eduard Shevardnadze

  Europe, Community, World

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• We must create the Georgia that our ancestors dreamed of, the Georgia that we dream of.

  Mikhail Saakashvili

  Dream, Ancestor

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• So here we are today with a new conversation. When University of Georgia plays Georgia Tech, it's uniform color versus skin color. We have - we've overcome that level of racial fear.

  Jesse Jackson

  Technology, Skin Color, Play

  "Rev. Jesse Jackson on Fallout From Firing of Shirley Sherrod". Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace", www.foxnews.com. July 25, 2010.

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• I was a Georgia state legislator for a great many years

  Julian Bond

  Years, Great Men, States

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