Local Quotes

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I am local, rural, communal. And I find that the whole world is a community. We have made progress in asserting our local community rights… — Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher
The enemy's spies who have come to spy on us must be sought out, tempted with bribes, led away and comfortably housed. Thus they will… — Sun Tzu
The site I landed on feels much more isolated than it really is; it's almost magical. Within its limited radius, there was a whole range… — Martin Puryear
I urge individuals around the world to stand up, and ask local leaders, if they haven't already, to pledge to purchase cleaner cars, build green… — Leonardo DiCaprio
Local people do want to see more police on the streets. — Theresa May
The local church is the outcrop of the church universal. — Peter Forsyth
[Sigmund Freud] just made people feel so neurotic about their lives. I mean, if you dreamt about a lampshade, it meant you wanted to be… — Steven Morrissey
My brother Jim and I spent many wonderful summers working on dairy farms in Wisconsin owned by Mom's cousins, and as members of our local… — Peter Agre
I had been involved in animal welfare groups, but DDAL presented an opportunity to actually create and pass legislation aimed at issues which really matter… — Doris Day
Australian SF book publishing has undergone a boom recently, and sometimes it's easier for new writers to sell a book to a local publisher first,… — Greg Egan
It would not do for the consumer to know that the hamburger she is eating came from a steer who spent much of his life… — Wendell Berry
Biological diversity is the key to the maintenance of the world as we know it... Eliminate one species, and another increases to take its place.… — E. O. Wilson
Wine is a part of society because it provides a basis not only for a morality but also for an environment; it is an ornament… — Roland Barthes
The reality is that capital punishment in America is a lottery. It is a punishment that is shaped by the constraints of poverty, race, geography… — Bryan Stevenson
A democratic public forms when citizens gather together to deliberate and make public judgments about local and national issues that affect their lives. By associating… — Kevin Mattson
If you have a plan, we want to hear it. Tell your community leaders, your local officials, your governor, and your team in Washington. Believe… — George H. W. Bush
Small scale is critical to local life, to the ability of local people to control what happens where they live. — Paul Weyrich
Activist judges and local officials in some parts of the country are not letting up in their efforts to redefine marriage for the rest of… — George W. Bush
Rights might be universal but their enforcement must be local. — Murray Rothbard
Not exclusively, but the bulk of our local economy should be covered by local currencies, which is more efficient than having global currencies which lose… — David Korten

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