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Grit Quotes (page 2)

Ralph Ellison quote: "All it takes to get along in this here man's town is a little..."
All it takes to get along in this here man's town is a little shit, grit, and mother-wit. Ralph Ellison
James Patterson quote: "Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It's a grain. It's like,..."
Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It's a grain. It's like, like, grits, but with high self-esteem. James Patterson
We must understand that God does not "love" us without liking us - through gritted teeth - as "Christian" love is sometimes thought to do. Rather, out of the eternal freshness of his perpetually self-renewed being, the heavenly Father cherishes the earth and each human being upon it. The fondness, the endearment, the unstintingly affectionate regard of God toward all his creatures is the natural outflow of what he is to the core - which we vainly try to capture with our tired but... Dallas Willard
But our trip was different. It was a classic affirmation of everything right and true and decent in the national character. It was a gross, physical salute to the fantastic possibilities of life in this country-but only for those with true grit. And we were chock full of that. Hunter S. Thompson
Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political parties are its opposite halves - sometimes split into quarters - which grind on each other. Not only individuals but states have thus a confirmed dyspepsia. Henry David Thoreau
The more one knows fairy tales the less fantastical they appear; they can be vehicles of the grimmest realism, expressing hope against all the odds with gritted teeth. Marina Warner
Did this mean if I told May about T. Ray's mounds of grits, his dozens of small cruelties, about my killing my mother--that hearing it, she would feel everything I did? I wanted to know what happened when two people felt it. Would it divide the hurt in two, make it lighter to bear, the way feeling someone's joy seemed to double it? Sue Monk Kidd
Brian May quote: "The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by..."
The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else. Brian May
It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own. Jessamyn West
Last year, when 'Black Swan,' 'True Grit' and 'King's Speech' all grossed over $100 million, it gave studios and independent financiers the confidence to make daring movies and not do the same old you-know-what. Harvey Weinstein
I like to think I am well-mannered. If I have the option at a breakfast place, I'll go with the grits. That's how Southern I am. Michael C. Hall
Bradley Chicho quote: "Highest of heights, I climb this mountain and feel one with..."
Highest of heights, I climb this mountain and feel one with the rock and grit and solitude echoing back at me. Bradley Chicho
It was 1988, I believe, that I met Grit. We were both appearing in a Canadian Folk Festival and as we sat backstage he handed me his guitar. I played it, loved it, and then found out that he'd made it himself. Tom Chapin
I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a lot. Daniel Day-Lewis
Jeff Bridges quote: "Sticking with a marriage. That's true grit, man."
Sticking with a marriage. That's true grit, man. Jeff Bridges

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