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
When we look at the situation in Ferguson, Missouri and the tragic death of Michael Brown, we are reminded of the importance… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
I grew up, really, in the days before air conditioning. So I can remember what it was like to be really hot,… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
When I started to make music at the end of the '90s, I saw myself highly influenced by hip-hop and techno, but… — Steven Sater Copy Share Image
I enjoy getting things done. My philosophy is the edge, the edge of something. There's where we have to go in local… — Richard M. Daley Copy Share Image
Local politics, like everything else, are not what they used to be. But the fact is that our political system - like… — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
A local newspaper where we were filming in Boston called me the Justin Bieber of Canada. I don't think they realized Justin… — Liam James Copy Share Image
Over the years, I have studied church history as well as the contemporary church, and I noticed how rare it is for… — C. J. Mahaney Copy Share Image
Some officials overseeing local water systems have tried to go above and beyond what is legally required. But they have encountered resistance,… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
The network and local TV angle of broadcast television has received a black eye for not properly debating within the news issues… — Mark E. Hyman 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
In Michigan, if you want to act, it's local theater, it's high school theater and it's going to camp and putting on… — James Wolk Copy Share Image
Our community is like many around the country that have, as the gentleman from New York referenced, sophisticated planning and zoning regulations.… — Earl Blumenauer Copy Share Image
One of the challenges of buying local advertising is, how do you know if it worked? How do you know if it's… — Jeremy Stoppelman Copy Share Image
Y2K hype taps our native discomfort with the realities of a dynamic, evolving social order. It elevates personal, local contact over the… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
Around the time I opened my second restaurant, Etta's, I had just finished judging at the Jack Daniels World Invitational BBQ Championship… — Tom Douglas Copy Share Image
I loved doing problems in school. I'd take them home and make up new ones of my own. But the best problem… — Andrew Wiles Copy Share Image
I am a keen medievalist and like going around museums and ruins and finding out about the people and local culture. I'm… — Jools Holland Copy Share Image
Intensity like signal strength will generally fall off with distance from the source, although it also depends on the local conditions and… — Charles Francis Richter Copy Share Image
You know that wherever you go, not everyone will speak your language. But go and experience the local culture and try to… — Steve McManaman Copy Share Image
Certain it is that their power increased always in an exact proportion to the weakness of the Caliphate, and, without doubt, in… — Isaac D'Israeli Copy Share Image
Browsing our local farmer's market is one of my family's favorite weekend activities. Make it a relaxing, healthful habit for your family,… — Suzanne Somers Copy Share Image
The federal government neither has the power to site transmission lines, nor do we build them. That's done, as people know, in… — Spencer Abraham Copy Share Image
I came out of high school, where my heroes were, like, Michael Jordan and a lot of local rugby players - and… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
I am a local economic revitalization strategist. But I am also a TV/radio host, and a small business owner. I find ways… — Majora Carter Copy Share Image
When the culture of police departments is sometimes infused with bias or preconceived ideas against certain groups, there needs to be reform… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
I think, often with Australian films, if an Australian film has been given the seal of approval by an offshore festival or… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
I've seen people be effective, even among local teams, by offering something that improves wellbeing in a small way - people who… — Tom Rath Copy Share Image
They have what you call a black night where they have black people come in for just one night only to watch… — Mike Epps 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
Local businesses have never had a great way to get customers in the door. — Andrew Mason Copy Share Image
I do support high standards, strong accountability, and local control. — Betsy DeVos Copy Share Image
Caves are whimsical things, and geology on a local scale is random and unpredictable. — William Stone Copy Share Image
A lot of Montanans are teed off that local finds usually end up in New York. — Jack Horner Copy Share Image
