Microfinance initiatives are very high-touch models. The loan officer meets with local groups of borrowers every week, they share tips and techniques.… — Pierre Omidyar Copy Share Image
The local community is very important in one's life; the feelings of identification with a place and people. — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
We need to build on what we know works - local oversight of schools to keep a check on performance, timely interventions… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
A Local Government Stationery Store is something to behold. It's like walking through the back of a cupboard into a really dull… — Sally Phillips Copy Share Image
The idea of community and helping others has always been a part of who I am. Growing up, my parents always made… — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
Sonny and another Hells Angel who was at the meeting thought they were beyond a little patch so they headed down to… — Chuck Zito Copy Share Image
From the late 1940s, into and through the '50s, there developed a complex interaction between federal government, state and local government, real-estate… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We are stronger as a group than an individual. Think in a cooperative and communal way, set up local food hubs and… — Arthur Potts Dawson Copy Share Image
Growing up, I was vaguely aware of things that went on in church, because I was in the boys' choir at the… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
No Child Left Behind taught us that parents, teachers and state and local leaders are more suited to address students' needs than… — John Kline Copy Share Image
I spent many hours ensconced in the local library, reading - nay, devouring - book after book after book. Books were my… — Nikki Grimes Copy Share Image
I think what's great about your community is that it's different than anyone else's. Look around. What do you want to change?… — Debby Ryan Copy Share Image
Through my work and travels I have been lucky enough to have been exposed to various eclectic cuisine running the gamut from… — Mark Hyman Copy Share Image
When I was 16, I had a job on the cleaning crew at a local hospital. I wore a pink uniform and… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
We go to Italy every winter, and my husband's mother has a bingo party on Christmas. Every woman brings a dish: lentils,… — Debi Mazar Copy Share Image
I used to spend my nights oversewing dresses for a local dressmaker in order to pay for my school equipment. — Azzedine Alaia Copy Share Image
I love boxing. I box in a local boxing gym in London. I usually spar. But I've done two fights and I… — Oona Chaplin Copy Share Image
I first started going to shows when I was about 16 - seeing local bands. I mean, I loved music before that,… — Mac DeMarco Copy Share Image
The U.S. government uses cash accounting. That is illegal for any enterprise of any size in America except for the U.S. government.… — Jim Cooper Copy Share Image
The park lies directly downwind from a slew of coal plants. Virtually all of the major contaminants in the local air and… — Wil S. Hylton Copy Share Image
Moreover, environmental health at the local level has become narrowly focused, very much defined around regulations and the attendant regulatory debates. — Samuel Wilson Copy Share Image
There is a growing market today for local, organic foods produced by small farmers. And farmers' markets have played a large role… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
If you want to act, do school plays. If they're not there, create them, and the same with local repertory. They are… — William Kircher Copy Share Image
Generally, Iowans are Iowans no matter where you go. There are some different issues in Des Moines than in the real rural… — Tom Latham Copy Share Image
