I think what shaped me was I had two parents who were scientists, and especially, they were great readers. They had both… — Andrew Sean Greer Copy Share Image
As one of the voices of rural New Yorkers in Congress, I am committed to supporting efforts such as these that will… — John M. McHugh Copy Share Image
I want to bring clean water to people who do not have it. What I'm trying to do now is think of… — William Kamkwamba Copy Share Image
Bullies have played a dirty trick to force me out of office by re-drawing my Congressional district to cover a largely rural… — Corrine Brown Copy Share Image
Divides between north and south, towns and cities, between urban and rural areas, cause people to experience a gulf in quality of… — Nicky Morgan Copy Share Image
One of the biggest divides in Canada - I said it in 2006, and I said it right through my political career… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
When I was in the Mississippi Legislature, we worked to establish the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program to help address the shortage… — Cindy Hyde-Smith Copy Share Image
We go into rural communities, and all we do - like has been done in this room [at TED] - is create… — Leymah Gbowee Copy Share Image
I don't much care whether rural Anatolians or Istanbul secularists take power. I'm not close to any of them. What I care… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
One challenge is trying to extend access to more poorly served communities in rural areas and in the inner city. Sometimes you… — Scott Stossel Copy Share Image
My father, Cecil Banks Mullis, and mother, formerly Bernice Alberta Barker, grew up in rural North Carolina in the foothills of the… — Kary Mullis Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I was very lucky that I grew up in suburban Virginia, which, at the time, felt like… — Ian Harding Copy Share Image
I've yet to use a cellphone, and I've never tweeted or entered Facebook. I try not to go online till my day's… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Clean water and access to food are some of the simplest things that we can take for granted each and every day.… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
Rural communities in Africa, South Asia and Latin America are where the majority of hungry people are and the inequality that exists… — Dionne Warwick Copy Share Image
The levels of poverty in 1933's rural America were unimaginable to us now. The 1933 Farm Bill, which introduced unprecedented government control… — Debbie Stabenow Copy Share Image
Pizza made me who I am. In the summer of 1998, I dropped out of college and started a pizza restaurant called… — Ryan Holmes Copy Share Image
Companies like Husk Power Systems are working to impact positively not only the environment, but to ensure that someday everyone, including the… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
To keep farmers on the farm we must maintain a strong farm safety net, but we will also have to build a… — Tom Vilsack Copy Share Image
I think it's important that we put forward legislation that's going to create jobs and strengthen the Georgia economy, which is why… — Raphael Warnock Copy Share Image
I grew up in Montpelier, Indiana. It's a little town in the northeast corner of Indiana. It's a rural community; about two… — Kevin A. Ford Copy Share Image
The Chinese countryside has become a slave labour camp and dumping ground for every imaginable pollutant. The rural peasantry is being sucked… — Vivek Agnihotri Copy Share Image
I grew up in rural Ireland; we only had a few TV channels and had never even heard of sketch shows, but… — Aisling Bea Copy Share Image
My mother is American. I first went to school in America, and we came back when I was about six to rural… — Adam Rayner Copy Share Image
I obviously disagree with the individuals who do not support rural America and do not support rural airports. Under their philosophy, maybe… — Glenn Thompson Copy Share Image
Rural Virginians know when they're getting a raw deal - when other parts of the state get attention and resources and folks… — Ralph Northam Copy Share Image
But there's more than just solving the how-to problems. I've often said that if we're going to have a real rural renaissance,… — Ralph Borsodi Copy Share Image
In 1908, there was a persuasive demonstration of the power of high-speed, low-mass asteroids in rural Siberia. The Tunguska impactor iced millions… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
My father was a creature of the archaic world, really. He would have been entirely at home in a Gaelic hill-fort. His… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
When Baby Boomer women started choosing hotel-like birthing centers over hospital delivery rooms, hospitals quickly wised up. Now even rural hospitals offer… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
[Rural people] have a different lifestyle, and they don't want to change it. They're happy with the way things are. It's causing… — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
I grew up in a rural area, I was from kind of a poor family and my parents weren't showbiz people. But… — Henry Thomas Copy Share Image
When I first became aware of music, it was probably the same way a lot of people do - even more suburban… — Mike D Copy Share Image
In India, while there are some initiatives working with and for adolescent girls, there are too few state sponsored programmes for adolescent… — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
In order to attract and retain new businesses in rural and economically depressed regions of Virginia, we need to provide competitive incentives… — Ralph Northam 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
We have to convince our youth that the nation does not need the white-collared class only. We have to find work for… — Sanjay Gandhi Copy Share Image
North Dakota heavily depends on CDL drivers, and as a rural state, it is critical that we be able to move products… — Doug Burgum Copy Share Image
I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance, is because of being a farm kid… — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
Rural voters believed the Democrats traded millions in campaign cash at their expense. Along came a guy named Trump to give these… — Bob Beckel Copy Share Image
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