Local Quotes

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[M]ore Americans work for federal, state or local government than work in any form of manufacturing. We crossed that Rubicon about 10 years ago. — Ann Coulter
I do not belive that Washington should do for the people wha they can do for themselves through local and private effort. — John F. Kennedy
Why is our media quick to find evil in our local police, but tnot in Islamic terror? — Greg Gutfeld
Community, then, is an indispensable term in any discussion of the connection between people and land. A healthy community is a form that includes all… — Wendell Berry
I come from a blue collar family, but my personal life isn't. I didn't get the gene that my grandfather had in spades. He was… — Mike Rowe
I don't like to be described as a Southern writer. The danger is, if you're described as a Southern writer, you might be thought of… — Walker Percy
Your first most typical figure in any new place turns out to be a bluff or a local nuisance. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The improved American highway system isolated the American-in-transit. On his speedway he had no contact with the towns which he by-passed. If he stopped for… — Daniel J. Boorstin
I don't buy a lot when I travel, but when I do, I like to send gifts from wherever I am. It's fun to find… — Juliana Hatfield
In a land which is fully settled, most men must accept their local environment or try to change it by political means; only the exceptionally… — Wystan Hugh Auden
People just want to hear some common sense... and I bring to bear the experience in local government and state government and national government -… — Carol Moseley Braun
Virtue is too often merely local. — Samuel Johnson
All the great things have been denied and we live in an intricacy of new and local mythologies, political, economic, poetic, which are asserted with… — Wallace Stevens
I've always been fascinated by the Gold Coast. The homes themselves are spectacular, unlike anything you'll see other than in Newport, Bar Harbor or Palm… — Nelson DeMille
Western civilization, because of fortuitous historical circumstances, has spread itself more widely than any other local group that has so far been known. — Ruth Benedict
Traditional Anglo-Saxon intolerance is a local and temporal culture trait like any other. — Ruth Benedict
For decades, community colleges have been the backbone of American workforce training. Because they are nimble and closely attuned to local community needs, they are… — Ed Begley, Jr.
Local companies don't have to internalize their costs, and few actually do, but they tend to more often because the owners live there and they… — Paul Hawken
Tony Awards boost Broadway attendance and sell the shows on the road. They're the sugar to swat the fly. If you needed more explanation for… — John Lahr
If it's cross-country ski season, I'll be out doing that, or snowshoeing up in Quebec. In my California home, I go to the local Y… — Neil Peart

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