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Shelby Foote Quotes

Shelby Foote quotes

American Author November 17, 1916 – June 27, 2005

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Burnside left even sooner, hard on the heels of a violent argument with Meade, an exchange of recriminations which a staff observer said “went far toward confirming one’s belief in the wealth and flexibility of the English language as a medium of personal dispute.” The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume III: Red River to Appomattox, War is Cruelty Shelby Foote
The point I would make is that the novelist and the historian are seeking the same thing: the truth? not a different truth: the same truth? only they reach it, or try to reach it, by different routes. Whether the event took place in a world now gone to dust, preserved by documents and evaluated by scholarship, or in the imagination, preserved by memory and distilled by the creative process, they both want to tell us how it was: to re-create it, by their separate methods, and make it live... Shelby Foote
I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value, but to have someone else to point out your mistakes is a shortcut of the process. Shelby Foote
Shelby Foote quote: "Longevity conquers scandal every time."
Longevity conquers scandal every time. Shelby Foote
Shelby Foote quote: "I never cared what kind of grade I got."
I never cared what kind of grade I got. Shelby Foote
Shelby Foote quote: "Not married until 33, Abraham Lincoln said, "A woman is the..."
Not married until 33, Abraham Lincoln said, "A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that cannot hurt me. Shelby Foote
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
And I really do think that the difficulty of research makes it more real to you than punching a thing to find out how many men were killed at this particular action. Shelby Foote
Shelby Foote quote: "Grant was something rare in that or any war. He could learn..."
Grant was something rare in that or any war. He could learn from experience. Shelby Foote
Shelby Foote quote: "Later they took him to Jackson and that explained it; he was..."
Later they took him to Jackson and that explained it; he was crazy. Shelby Foote
Shelby Foote quote: "I abhor the idea of a perfect world. It would bore me to tears."
I abhor the idea of a perfect world. It would bore me to tears. Shelby Foote
I began the way nearly everybody I ever heard of - I began writing poetry. And I find that to be quite usual with writers, their trying their hand at poetry. Shelby Foote
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
They took it for more than it was, or anyhow for more than it said; the container was greater than the thing contained, and Lincoln became at once what he would remain for them, “the man who freed the slaves.” He would go down to posterity, not primarily as the Preserver of the Republic-which he was-but as the Great Emancipator, which he was not. Shelby Foote
Shelby Foote quote: "On Lee as commander: "He had a cheerful dignity and could..."
On Lee as commander: "He had a cheerful dignity and could praise them (his men) without seeming to court their favor. Shelby Foote

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