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Shelby Foote Quotes

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Discover 10 inspiring quotes by Shelby Foote on CardsLook, carefully curated for fans, thinkers, and seekers of wisdom. Dive into the words that define Shelby Foote's impact and vision.
Shiloh is a wonderfully dramatic battle. The leader of one side is killed, and the other one is going on to glory, and it was the first great battle. It lasted two days.
- Shelby Foote
Quotes First Quotes Battle Quotes Leader Quotes Glory Quotes
Published on: January 7, 2025 08:36 PM
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When you grow up in a totally segregated society, where everybody around you believes that segregation is proper, you have a hard time. You can't believe how much it's a part of your thinking.
- Shelby Foote
Quotes Time Quotes Thinking Quotes Society Quotes
Published on: December 5, 2024 07:00 PM
I took five years on the first volume, five years on the second volume, and ten years on the third volume.
- Shelby Foote
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Published on: October 30, 2024 10:19 AM
My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels.
- Shelby Foote
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Published on: October 22, 2024 06:43 PM
I've never shown anybody a draft of anything.
- Shelby Foote
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Published on: October 18, 2024 03:31 PM
If you want to study writing, read Dickens. That's how to study writing, or Faulkner, or D.H. Lawrence, or John Keats. They can teach you everything you need to know about writing.
- Shelby Foote
Quotes Want Quotes Study Quotes Writing Quotes
Published on: October 17, 2024 05:41 AM
But the same thing was true in the army. You slept in a barracks with all kinds of people of every nationality, every trade, every character and quality you can imagine, and that was a good experience.
- Shelby Foote
Quotes Character Quotes People Quotes Experience Quotes Trade Quotes Quality Quotes Army Quotes Nationality Quotes
Published on: September 30, 2024 10:39 AM
Most of my inspiration, if that's the word, came from books themselves.
- Shelby Foote
Quotes Books Quotes Word Quotes Inspiration Quotes
Published on: September 17, 2024 10:58 PM
Longevity conquers scandal every time.
- Shelby Foote
Quotes Time Quotes Longevity Quotes Scandal Quotes
Published on: September 17, 2024 11:36 AM
Of all the passions of mankind, the love of novelty most rules the mind. In search of this, from realm to realm we roam. Our fleets come loaded with every folly home.
- Shelby Foote
Quotes Love Quotes Home Quotes Mind Quotes Rules Quotes Mankind Quotes Folly Quotes Novelty Quotes
Published on: September 7, 2024 07:36 PM

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