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The 1920s brought not only the Charleston but the flat chest. -- Robert Gottlieb
Charleston was where America split apart in 1861. Maybe it's where America comes together in 2015. -- Russell D. Moore
Charleston is an amazing place. I probably didn't appreciate it enough when I was growing up. -- Thomas Gibson
In Charleston, more than elsewhere, you get the feeling that the twentieth century is a vast, unconscionable mistake. -- Pat Conroy
I was not sorry for loving Charleston or for leaving it. Geography had made me who I was. -- Sue Monk Kidd
Well, how'd we get to talking about our ancestors? People think we don't talk about anything else in Charleston. -- Josephine Pinckney
It's funny, but we were living on this small island off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina when I was 9 -- Josh Lucas
It's funny, but we were living on this small island off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina when I was 9. -- Josh Lucas
Walking the streets of Charleston in the late afternoons of August was like walking through gauze or inhaling damaged silk. -- Pat Conroy
I received orders from Congress to proceed to Charleston in South Carolina, for the purpose of Co'operating with General Lincoln in the defense of that Capitol. -- Abraham Whipple
Charleston has something for everyone, rain or shine. Its architecture is unparalleled. Carriage rides are great for seeing the city and hearing the history behind certain houses and the area. -- Thomas Gibson
One of my favorite stories was Black Orchid, because it was so different from all the others. I especially enjoyed dancing the Charleston. I have always been keen on dancing. -- Sarah Sutton
Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington -- it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston. ...This is your victory. -- Barack Obama
I don't think you ever think of a big city as sweet or community, but there are cities that I think of as charming and particular and interesting cities. I live in one now, Charleston. -- Anne Rivers Siddons
I was raised in South Carolina; I wasn't aware of any art in South Carolina. There was a minor museum in Charleston, which had nothing of interest in it. It showed local artists, paintings of birds. -- Jasper Johns
After watching the video, the senseless shooting and taking of Walter Scott's life was absolutely unnecessary and avoidable. My heart aches for the family and our North Charleston community. I will be watching this case closely. -- Tim Scott
My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston. -- Lionel Blue
My parents were working in a hospital in Memphis. But I didn't live there for any length of time that I remember. The first thing I remember is the town in Mississippi that I live in now, Charleston. -- Morgan Freeman
A lot of West Virginia is untouched. It doesn't have as many strip malls, it has these old towns that feel like it used to be how it looked. Charleston has this river that runs through it, and it's really beautiful. -- Sam Trammell
To become a classical ballerina, you have to move to New York when you're 12 or 11 and that becomes your life. I just wanted to be good in my company in Charleston and I wanted it to always be part of my life. -- Jennifer Garner
Willie Wells, Ray Dandridge, Leon Day, Buck Leonard, Quincy Troupe, Satchel Paige - earlier than when he was called up - Oscar Charleston and Josh Gibson. You see what kind of talent we had, and guys in the majors knew it too. -- Monte Irvin
Since the announcement that Boeing was going to open a plant in Charleston, South Carolina, Boeing has actually created 2,000 new jobs in Washington state. So it's hard to say you are retaliating against the union when you create 2,000 members to their role. -- Alan Wilson
There was very little art in my childhood. I was raised in South Carolina; I wasn't aware of any art in South Carolina. There was a minor museum in Charleston, which had nothing of interest in it. It showed local artists, paintings of birds. -- Jasper Johns
I was ten,â? I said. â??Give me a little credit.â? â??To a boy with aspirations like that, I would extend my respectâ??but not credit. Or life insurance.â? Abraham sounded amused. â??You are an interesting man, David Charleston, but you sound like you were an even more interesting child. -- Brandon Sanderson
Oscar Charleston was the Willie Mays of his day. Nobody ever played center field better than Willie Mays. Suppose they had never given Willie a chance, and we said that, would anybody believe there was a kid in Alabama who was that good? Or there was a black guy in Atlanta who might break Babe Ruth's home run record? No. -- Monte Irvin
When my sister and I were kids, swimming down in Charleston, there was this pizza parlor that had this old Dixieland band play, and I just loved Louis Armstrong and the sound of his voice, and I got up there with the band and started singing Louis Armstrong songs when I was a kid. I have no idea why, but I did it and I loved it. -- Thomas Gibson

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