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title: "420 North carolina Quotes by 288 authors"
description: "Browse 420 North carolina quotes by 288 authors. Discover the best North carolina sayings and thoughts."
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> [I love North Carolina.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-hilton/i-love-north-carolina/)

[Tyler Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-hilton/)

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> [We're from North Carolina originally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-duffer/we-re-from-north-carolina-originally/)

[Ross Duffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-duffer/)

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> [“All writing affects change, whether personal, professional, spiritual, or practical.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miles-tager/all-writing-affects-change-whether-personal-professional-spiritual-or/)

Miles Tager

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> [I'm from North Carolina, so I am really picky about my fried chicken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-helen-bowers/i-m-from-north-carolina-so-i-am-really-picky-about-my-fried-chicken/)

[Mary Helen Bowers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-helen-bowers/)

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> [You know I'm from North Carolina, so I grew up eating grits, honey.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tabitha-brown/you-know-i-m-from-north-carolina-so-i-grew-up-eating-grits-honey/)

[Tabitha Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tabitha-brown/)

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> [Barbecue is to North Carolina as the hot dog is to New York.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fiona-barton/barbecue-is-to-north-carolina-as-the-hot-dog-is-to-new-york/)

[Fiona Barton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fiona-barton/)

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> [I'm a North Carolina native. Grew up in North Carolina.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhiannon-giddens/i-m-a-north-carolina-native-grew-up-in-north-carolina/)

[Rhiannon Giddens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhiannon-giddens/)

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> [President Trump's agenda is enticing businesses to hire in North Carolina.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lara-trump/president-trump-s-agenda-is-enticing-businesses-to-hire-in-north/)

[Lara Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lara-trump/)

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> [North Carolina is a terrific place to live, work, and raise a family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-cooper/north-carolina-is-a-terrific-place-to-live-work-and-raise-a-family/)

[Roy Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-cooper/)

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> [We want to protect our industries here in North Carolina.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-robinson/we-want-to-protect-our-industries-here-in-north-carolina/)

[Mark Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-robinson/)

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> [I'm always down in North Carolina hanging out with my friends. In fact, I was just there a few months ago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-harwell/i-m-always-down-in-north-carolina-hanging-out-with-my-friends-in-fact/)

[Steve Harwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-harwell/)

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> [Tapping into the ingenuity, resourcefulness, and work ethic of people in Western North Carolina through rural broadband will benefit not just NC-11…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madison-cawthorn/tapping-into-the-ingenuity-resourcefulness-and-work-ethic-of-people/)

[Madison Cawthorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madison-cawthorn/)

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> [I kind of have found my identity through the music, through the roots music of North Carolina, and kind of realized that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhiannon-giddens/i-kind-of-have-found-my-identity-through-the-music-through-the-roots/)

[Rhiannon Giddens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhiannon-giddens/)

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> [North Carolina precinct chairman and GOP executive committee member Don Yelton thinks his state's new voting restrictions are just fine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aasif-mandvi/north-carolina-precinct-chairman-and-gop-executive-committee-member/)

[Aasif Mandvi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aasif-mandvi/)

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> [In North Carolina, we have seen large numbers of parents showing up to their local school board meetings and I could not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-robinson/in-north-carolina-we-have-seen-large-numbers-of-parents-showing-up-to/)

[Mark Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-robinson/)

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> [I originally worked as an archaeologist in North Carolina, and when bones were found police would take them out to the bones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-reichs/i-originally-worked-as-an-archaeologist-in-north-carolina-and-when/)

[Kathy Reichs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-reichs/)

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> [My first job out of law school was representing people on death row in North Carolina, where I often saw the impact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zephyr-teachout/my-first-job-out-of-law-school-was-representing-people-on-death-row/)

[Zephyr Teachout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zephyr-teachout/)

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> [I'm a pretty low-key North Carolina boy. I like to go fishing and hang out with my friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scotty-mccreery/i-m-a-pretty-low-key-north-carolina-boy-i-like-to-go-fishing-and-hang/)

[Scotty McCreery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scotty-mccreery/)

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> [I was born in Norfolk, Virginia. I began school there, the first year of public school. When I was 7, the family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-baker/i-was-born-in-norfolk-virginia-i-began-school-there-the-first-year-of/)

[Ella Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-baker/)

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> [A seamlessly told and scrupulously detailed history of the Hartsoe clan of Haw County, North Carolina, Love and Lament is that rare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-r-pearson-2/a-seamlessly-told-and-scrupulously-detailed-history-of-the-hartsoe/)

T. R. Pearson

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> [When I was in second grade, my mother moved from Miami to this evangelical conservative environment in western North Carolina, two miles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-cornwell/when-i-was-in-second-grade-my-mother-moved-from-miami-to-this/)

[Patricia Cornwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-cornwell/)

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> [“He especially liked to look at the trees and their reflections in the river. North Carolina trees are beautiful in deep autumn:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/he-especially-liked-to-look-at-the-trees-and-their-reflections-in-the/)

[Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/)

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> [When I was in high school if you were black and lived in Detroit, and you wanted to drive down to Florida…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-dyer/when-i-was-in-high-school-if-you-were-black-and-lived-in-detroit-and/)

[Wayne Dyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-dyer/)

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> [My district includes the two urban centers of Charlotte and Fayetteville, as well as large rural areas. Obviously, these diverse segments of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-hayes/my-district-includes-the-two-urban-centers-of-charlotte-and/)

[Robin Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-hayes/)

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> [From the Mississippi Mudflap to the Kentucky Waterfall, to the Tennessee Top Hat and the North Carolina Neckwarmer, nothing says freedom like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-stenhouse-jr/from-the-mississippi-mudflap-to-the-kentucky-waterfall-to-the/)

[Ricky Stenhouse Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-stenhouse-jr/)

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> [There were so many times I was called to go do a match and drive 8 or 9 hours from North Carolina…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tessa-blanchard/there-were-so-many-times-i-was-called-to-go-do-a-match-and-drive-8-or/)

[Tessa Blanchard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tessa-blanchard/)

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> [“What is this?" Emily asked, looking in the largest Styrofoam container. There was a bunch of dry-looking chopped meat inside. "Barbecue." "This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-addison-allen/what-is-this-emily-asked-looking-in-the-largest-styrofoam-container/)

[Sarah Addison Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-addison-allen/)

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> [“In North Carolina, I stopped to gas up at a Humble Oil station, then walked around the corner to use the toilet.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/in-north-carolina-i-stopped-to-gas-up-at-a-humble-oil-station-then/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

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> [“The tendency to want what has been banned and therefore to presume that it is more worthwhile is not limited to such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-b-cialdini/the-tendency-to-want-what-has-been-banned-and-therefore-to-presume/)

[Robert B. Cialdini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-b-cialdini/)

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> [“With religious nonconformists outnumbering Anglicans after 1700, and economic motives eclipsing any sense of a religious mission, the colony adopted a moderate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-k-green/with-religious-nonconformists-outnumbering-anglicans-after-1700-and/)

[Steven K. Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-k-green/)

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> [“Barry Popkin of the University of North Carolina states that of the six hundred thousand food items for sale in the United…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-h-lustig/barry-popkin-of-the-university-of-north-carolina-states-that-of-the/)

[Robert H. Lustig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-h-lustig/)

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> [I've made the decision to adhere to three general truths when it comes to my novels: There will be a love-story element…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/i-ve-made-the-decision-to-adhere-to-three-general-truths-when-it/)

[Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/)

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> [“Obama declined to hold public services in the White House commemorating the National Day of Prayer, which had been the practice of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reed-ralph/obama-declined-to-hold-public-services-in-the-white-house/)

[Reed Ralph](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reed-ralph/)

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> [“At a reception at the National Academy of Sciences on Constitution Avenue, which now boasts the world's most interesting statue of Einstein,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-isaacson/at-a-reception-at-the-national-academy-of-sciences-on-constitution/)

[Walter Isaacson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-isaacson/)

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> [North Carolina was where you could have Thanksgiving and feel like it was Thanksgiving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-h-murdock/north-carolina-was-where-you-could-have-thanksgiving-and-feel-like-it/)

[David H. Murdock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-h-murdock/)

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> [As Governor of North Carolina for two terms, I made improving education a top priority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-governor-of-north-carolina-for-two-terms-i-made-improving/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Many industries in my home state of North Carolina will greatly benefit from the USMCA.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-meadows/many-industries-in-my-home-state-of-north-carolina-will-greatly/)

[Mark Meadows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-meadows/)

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> [Dot Helms and North Carolina are one and the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-tillis/dot-helms-and-north-carolina-are-one-and-the-same/)

[Thom Tillis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thom-tillis/)

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> [One of the smartest things I ever did was move to North Carolina.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/big-daddy-kane/one-of-the-smartest-things-i-ever-did-was-move-to-north-carolina/)

[Big Daddy Kane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/big-daddy-kane/)

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> [If I ever find myself in North Carolina I shall marry a man just to feel safe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-brand/if-i-ever-find-myself-in-north-carolina-i-shall-marry-a-man-just-to/)

[Russell Brand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-brand/)

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## Top authors on North carolina

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                        "text": "From the Mississippi Mudflap to the Kentucky Waterfall, to the Tennessee Top Hat and the North Carolina Neckwarmer, nothing says freedom like a mullet blowing unfettered in the wind and I can't wait to restore it to its rightful place in the NASCAR garage.",
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                        "text": "“What is this?\" Emily asked, looking in the largest Styrofoam container. There was a bunch of dry-looking chopped meat inside. \"Barbecue.\" \"This isn't barbecue,\" Emily said. \"Barbecue is hot dogs and hamburgers on a grill.\" Vance laughed, which automatically made Emily smile. \"Ha! Blasphemy! In North Carolina, barbecue means pork, child. Hot dogs and hamburgers on a grill- that's called, 'cooking out' around here,\" he explained with sudden enthusiasm. \"And there are two types of North Carolina barbecue sauce-Lexington and Eastern North Carolina. Here, look.\" He excitedly found a container of sauce and showed her, accidentally spilling some on the table. \"Lexington-style is the sweet sugar-and-tomato-based sauce, some people call it the red sauce, that you put on chopped or pulled pork shoulder. Julia's restaurant is Lexington-style. But there are plenty of Eastern North Carolina-style restaurants here. They use a thin, tart, vinegar-and-pepper based sauce. And, generally, they use the whole hog. But no matter the style, there's always hush puppies and coleslaw. And, if I'm not mistaken, those are slices of Milky Way cake. Julia makes the best Milky Way cakes.\" \"Like the candy bar?\" \"Yep. The candy bars are melted and poured into the batter. It means 'Welcome.'\" Emily looked over to the cake Julia had brought yesterday morning, still on the counter. \"I thought an apple stack cake meant 'Welcome.'\" \"Any kind of cake means 'Welcome,'\" he said. \"Well, except for coconut cake and fried chicken when there's a death.\" Emily looked at him strangely. \"And occasionally a broccoli casserole,\" he added.”",
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                        "text": "“In North Carolina, I stopped to gas up at a Humble Oil station, then walked around the corner to use the toilet. There were two doors and three signs. MEN was neatly stenciled over one door, LADIES over the other. The third sign was an arrow on a stick. It pointed toward the brush-covered slope behind the station. It said COLORED. Curious, I walked down the path, being careful to sidle at a couple of points where the oily, green-shading-to-maroon leaves of poison ivy were unmistakable... There was no facility. What I found at the end of the path was a narrow stream with a board laid across it on a couple of crumbling concrete posts... If I ever give you the idea that 1958's all Andy-n-Opie, remember the path, okay? The one lined with poison ivy. And the board over the stream.”",
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                        "text": "“The tendency to want what has been banned and therefore to presume that it is more worthwhile is not limited to such commodities as laundry soap. In fact, the tendency is not limited to commodities at all but extends to restrictions on information. In an age when the ability to acquire, store, and manage information is becoming increasingly the determinant of wealth and power, it is important to understand how we typically react to attempts to censor or otherwise constrain our access to information. Although much data exist on our reactions to various kinds of potentially censorable material—media violence, pornography, radical political rhetoric—there is surprisingly little evidence as to our reactions to the act of censoring them. Fortunately, the results of the few studies that have been done on the topic are highly consistent. Almost invariably, our response to the banning of information is a greater desire to receive that information and a more favorable attitude toward it than before the ban.112 The intriguing thing about the effects of censoring information is not that audience members want to have the information more than they did before; that seems natural. Rather, it is that they come to believe in the information more, even though they haven’t received it. For example, when University of North Carolina students learned that a speech opposing coed dorms on campus would be banned, they became more opposed to the idea of coed dorms. Thus, without ever hearing the speech, they became more sympathetic to its argument. This raises the worrisome possibility that especially clever individuals holding a weak or unpopular position can get us to agree with that position by arranging to have their message restricted. The irony is that for such people—members of fringe political groups, for example—the most effective strategy may not be to publicize their unpopular views, but to get those views officially censored and then to publicize the censorship. Perhaps the authors of this country’s Constitution were acting as much as sophisticated social psychologists as staunch civil libertarians when they wrote the remarkably permissive free-speech provision of the First Amendment. By refusing to restrain freedom of speech, they may have been attempting to minimize the chance that new political notions would win support via the irrational course of psychological reactance.”",
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                        "text": "“With religious nonconformists outnumbering Anglicans after 1700, and economic motives eclipsing any sense of a religious mission, the colony adopted a moderate religious stance where all Protestants, and even Jews (but not Catholics), were tolerated. But as in North Carolina, religious toleration was a response to circumstances rather than a commitment to principle.”",
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                        "text": "“Barry Popkin of the University of North Carolina states that of the six hundred thousand food items for sale in the United States, 80 percent are laced with added sugar. Ninety percent of the food produced in the United States is sold to you by a total of ten conglomerates—Coca-Cola, ConAgra, Dole, General Mills, Hormel, Kraft, Nestle, Pepsico, Procter and Gamble, and Unilever.”",
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                        "text": "I've made the decision to adhere to three general truths when it comes to my novels: There will be a love-story element to the story, the novel will be set in eastern North Carolina, and the characters will be likeable. Then, I make each novel unique through differences in voice, perspective, age and personalities of the characters, and of course, plot.",
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                        "text": "“Obama declined to hold public services in the White House commemorating the National Day of Prayer, which had been the practice of his predecessors. • In September 2011, his Department of Health and Human Services terminated funding to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for its extensive program to assist victims of human trafficking and modern-day slavery. The reason? Objections to Catholic teaching on abortion and contraception.7 • In 2013 Obama’s inaugural committee forced pastor Louie Giglio, whose Atlanta church was nationally known for its efforts to combat sex trafficking, to withdraw from delivering a prayer at the inaugural ceremony after an audio recording surfaced of a sermon Giglio delivered in the mid-1990s referencing biblical teaching on homosexuality. When it came to praying at Obama’s second inaugural, no pastor holding to an orthodox view of Scripture had need to apply. • His Justice Department canceled a 30,000 grant to a program for at-risk youth because it allowed voluntary, student-led prayer, and the oath recited by its young charges mentioned God.8 • He advocated passage of a version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act prohibiting private employers from declining to hire gays and lesbians that granted no exemption for religious ministries and charities. • The Defense Department canceled an appearance by Franklin Graham of Samaritan’s Purse at a National Day of Prayer observance because of Graham’s alleged anti-Muslim bigotry. • Obama’s campaign removed a reference to God from the Democratic Party platform and only moved to reinsert it after news outlets reported the exclusion and controversy erupted. In rushed proceedings at the party convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, the name of God was reinserted to boos from the delegates.”",
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