Local Quotes
1172 quotes by 992 authors
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Brands will increasingly handle their own e-commerce and rely less and less on local distribution partners. Why should they give away their profit margins?
— Natalie Massenet
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Rejuvenation of younger players should be the job of the Indonesian Badminton Association. But local competitions will help identify new talent.
— Taufik Hidayat
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When I was living in the Dominican Republic, the local kids became a part of my family.
— Maika Monroe
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I have always been an obsessive reader - I remember going back and forth to the local library with stacks of books taller than I…
— Lisa Kleypas
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When I was 12, I was doing competitive jazz, tap and ballet in Michigan. The studio put the best dancers together, and I joined that.…
— Jillian Rose Reed
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Why are cancer patients so hard to buy for? This question always puzzles me. When people are healthy, things are so simple, including gift buying.…
— Jenna Morasca
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Fannie Mae is owned by shareholders but operates under a federal charter that exempts it from paying state or local taxes. As a result, many…
— Alex Berenson
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There is no central government database that allows officials to monitor water tests by local systems.
— Charles Duhigg
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Some officials overseeing local water systems have tried to go above and beyond what is legally required. But they have encountered resistance, sometimes from the…
— Charles Duhigg
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Local transit agencies have developed apps to let you know when the next bus is coming, but there are so many more applications that can…
— Anthony Foxx
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President Obama has called for economic and political empowerment of women globally. The Equal Futures Partnership promotes removal of policy, legal, and regulatory barriers that…
— Lael Brainard
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My dad loved Scotland, so we would pile into his caravan and head for the Highlands, to Fort William and Loch Ness. It was such…
— Rick Astley
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I wanted to be a senator from Illinois. I was obsessed with politics. My dad was friends with a lot of local politicians, so I…
— Ike Barinholtz
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There are some really good experiments with the youth offending service, joining up youth offending teams with the youth justice board, and good local authority…
— David Blunkett
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We need to build on what we know works - local oversight of schools to keep a check on performance, timely interventions in schools to…
— David Blunkett
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With the commissioning of new schools undertaken by a local director of school standards, decisions will be fair and transparent, rooted in the needs of…
— David Blunkett
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My family had a membership to the Riverside Yacht Club where my brother, Sandy, learned to sail, and I competed in local swim races. My…
— Dorothy Hamill
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When we say, even in a global village, that all politics is local, we mean that national sovereignties are the only reliable source of political…
— Michael Ignatieff
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We need to focus on the speed with which local governments can work with businesses.
— Muhtar Kent
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It has come to my attention that Missouri state and local law enforcement agencies may be in need of additional resources due to the unanticipated…
— Roy Blunt
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