Georgia Quotes
[Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes, who ordered state and U.S. flags in Georgia flown at half-staff, called Coverdell] a quiet worker but a very productive one and a great one for the state of Georgia. ... reached out to both sides of the aisle.
- Roy Barnes

[Georgia defensive end David Pollack issued the challenge before the 2005 Outback Bowl in Tampa, Fla. Pollack was not as brash as the aforementioned Torbor. But you could sense that he had the same opinion. That is, the SEC had more speed and better athletes than the Big Ten.] I definitely think there are differences, ... But all differences aside, you've still got to play the game and see who wins.
- David Pollack

[For more than three decades, Ernie Harwell was the voice of the Detroit Tigers. His Georgia voice was as sweet as a mint julep, and he rode it into baseball's Hall of Fame in 1981. Now 87 and retired from broadcasting, Harwell told The Denver Post's Anthony Cotton recently that the hardest thing he does these days] is lift my feet up when my wife runs the vacuum cleaner. ... I'm a spokesman for Blue Cross and Blue Shield. We signed a 10-year contract with a 10-year option, so I have to live to be 106. And I'm going to do it or die trying.
- Ernie Harwell

[At 11, Fanning has been a professional actress for more than five years. She says that her mom first recognized her talent and took her out to Hollywood.] In Georgia where I'm from, I used to play around the house, pretending to be different things. My mom saw that and took me to this playhouse where you stage a play and you play at the end of the week? ... Then I got two commercials in two weeks, so I went to California for pilot season and we never looked back.
- Dakota Fanning

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