Here’s why you never cross a Sugarbaker woman.
Dixie Carter’s Julia Sugarbaker was a refinedSouthern womanintellectual, whip-smart, feminine, and downright fearsome.
These Julia Sugarbaker quotes are some of her best takedowns.
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She paired her pearls with a razor-sharp tongue and fiery wit.
You’re the guy who’s always wherever women gather or venture to be alone.
You want to eat with us when we’re dining in hotels.
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Out, out of my house!
As God is my witness, I will burn it down myself before I let you in again!"
We don’t hide them up in the attic.
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We bring ‘em right down to the living room and show ‘em off.
See, Phyllis, no one in the South ever asks if you have crazy people in your family.
They just ask what side they’re on."
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You have to be exactly who and what you want to be.
Most everyone is floating along on phony public relations.
Appearances don’t count for diddly!
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And that’s it."
Or that when she walked down the runway in her swimsuit, five contestants quit on the spot.
she spoke so eloquently of patriotism, battlefields, and diamond tiaras, grown men wept.
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She didn’t twirl just a baton, that baton was on fire.
“Julia:“I dont know.
If history teaches us anything, mine will be next to a baby who smokes.”
About Nancy Reagan’s Book
Suzanne: “She said it was a gag gift.
“Julia: “Well, it certainly made me gag.”
