I wanted to get out of Mississippi in the worst way. Go back? What I want to go back for? Votes: 6
Muddy WatersTo understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi. Votes: 4
William FaulknerOf course that was my idol, Son House. I think he did a lot for the Mississippi slide down there. Votes: 4
Muddy WatersI am determined to get every Negro in the state of Mississippi registered. Votes: 3
Fannie Lou HamerIt's already 95 degrees outside. Mississippi got the most unorganized weather in the nation. Votes: 3
Kathryn StockettAmerica is thataway, Mr. Lincoln," laughed Davis, pointing north. "You're in Mississippi now. Votes: 3
Seth Grahame-SmithThere are a million Negroes in Mississippi. I think they'll take care of me. Votes: 3
James MeredithWhen you're from Weir, Mississippi, almost everywhere you go looks like the big city. Votes: 3
Roy OswaltOld black water, keep on rollin' Mississippi moon won't you keep on shinin' on me? Votes: 3
Patrick SimmonsI could never live happily in Africa-or anywhere else-until I could live freely in Mississippi. Votes: 3
Alice WalkerI always wanted to grow up fast. I longed for more than the Mississippi Delta could give. Votes: 3
Charley PrideI grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays Votes: 3
Beth HenleyI grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays. Votes: 3
Beth HenleyI see more genuine sociability between the races in Mississippi than I see in Michigan. No question. Votes: 3
Jim HarrisonMark Twain gave us an insight into the life on the Mississippi at the turn of the century. Votes: 3
Bob NewhartIn the state of Mississippi, Many Years Ago, a boy of 14 years got a taste of Southern law. Votes: 3
Phil OchsI did not believe what I was told about being poor and black and female in Mississippi in 1954. Votes: 3
Oprah WinfreyMississippi begins in a lobby of a Memphis, Tennessee hotel and extends south to the Gulf of Mexico Votes: 3
William FaulknerI've always been fascinated by the Mississippi River and the way of life in these small river towns. Votes: 3
Daniel WoodrellIf I poured all the lies I had told into the Mississippi, the river would rise and flood the city. Votes: 3
Ruta SepetysI wrote some of the worst poetry west from the Mississippi River, but I wrote. And I finally sometimes got it right. Votes: 6 Maya Angelou
As for my state of Mississippi, our governor, Phil Bryant, said the state could not afford the matching funds required to trigger the federal match for Medicaid expansion. We won't do it even though in 2014, the federal government would pay over $50 for every one dollar Mississippi chips in. Votes: 1 Ronnie Musgrove