Cooter Quotes Part 6
p. 222 “A lot of marriages come apart from irreconcilable differences. But the trouble with our relationship was that we had irreconcilable similarities.”——On the break up of another marriage
p. 249 “Newt Gingerich is the man Will Rogers never met. Gingerich talks so much he must think he’s getting paid by the word.”——On the 1994 Georgia Congress race
p. 271 “Just after we opened, a family came in heading back to D.C. from the Blue Ridge. They had two young African ladies with them as guests. Alma started to explain the “Dukes of Hazzard” to the girls. One of them retorted quickly “Oh, yes. Yes. We have the “Dukes of Hazzard” in Botswana, of course.”——On the hugeness that was, and still is, the world-wide popularity of the show
p. 279 “The General Lee had been named the most popular car in the history of television and film, leaving the Batmobile in the dust of Hazzard County”——On the reason behind the first “DukesFest” in 2001
p. 281 “By now, I could write a dissertation called “The Influence and the Cultural Ramifications of the “Dukes of Hazzard” on the Mores and Politics of Heartland America” or something like that. But don’t worry, I won’t!”——On moving “DukesFest” to Nashville in 2006 with attendance of 80,000 fans
p. 283 “We hoped they would bury all prints of it somewhere out in the Mojave Desert where only the coyotes could get a whiff of the stench.”
——On the release of the new “Dukes of Hazzard” feature film
p. 285 “Live theater is better in New York. Lobster is better in Maine. Tex-Mex food is better in El Paso. But after that, it is all in the South. You may think those remarks arguable, but they are not arguable around here.”——On being proud of his native land and calling the South home
