Carolina Quotes
I cherish the experiences I had growing up in Pembroke and treasure the land, people and rich heritage of the area. Our hope is that new generations will be inspired, as I was, by this special place, its precious legacy and the rich cultural experiences it has to offer.
Gene Locklear Carolinian
Source
Statement on founding a youth art academy at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke; University Newswire, UNC Pembroke, October 22, 2004; quoted in Rory Costello, "Gene Locklear," SABR BioProject
- form
- speech
- work
- Art exhibition and sale to help youth art academy at UNCP
- year
- 2004
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I loved to paint and I loved to play ball. If you had asked me when I was 6 or 7 what I was going to do, that’s what I would have told you. I’d do both. As a kid from a small country town, I figured my chances of becoming a ballplayer were probably something like one in a million. I had the common sense to realize I’d better have something to fall back on. So I painted.