“ I could never live happily in Africa — or anywhere else — until I could live freely in Mississippi. ”
- Alice Walker- Copy
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“ I have been in the witness protection program for the last three weeks. I campaigned for Ralph Nader. I'm now living as a woman in Mississippi. ”
- Phil Donahue- Copy
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“ Of course that was my idol, Son House. I think he did a lot for the Mississippi slide down there. ”
- Muddy Waters- Copy
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“ Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi. ”
- Oprah Winfrey- Copy
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“ One of the reasons we're so fascinated by the Internet, is that it has the ability to eliminate what we call information friction. ”
- Guy Burgess- Copy
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“ After Blood Simple, everybody thought I was from Texas. After Mississippi Burning, everybody thought I was from Mississippi and uneducated. After Fargo, everybody's going to think I'm from Minnesota, pregnant, and have blonde hair. I don't think you can ever completely transform yourself on film, but if you do your job well, you can make people believe that you're the character you're trying to be. ”
- Frances McDormand- Copy
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“ We cannot tax or cut enough in three and a half months to cover a $268 million deficit - that is not a political statement it is a mathematical fact. The longer the Legislature waits the more dire the circumstances become for Mississippi's Medicaid recipients. ”
- Haley Barbour- Copy
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“ A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi… has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. It's not true, but I challenge anyone to say it is not a goal worth working for. ”
- Thurgood Marshall- Copy
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“ In 1862, when the charter was granted by the United States Government for the construction of a railroad from Omaha to the Pacific coast, the only States west of the Mississippi Valley in which any railroad construction of importance existed were Iowa and Missouri. ”
- John Moody- Copy
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