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It is quite clear that as long as the nations of the world spend most of their energy, money, and emotional strength in quarreling with… — Isaac Asimov
I went to the local schools, the local state primary school, and then to the local grammar school. A secondary school, which technically was an… — John Hume
It is not certain that with this aid alone [possession of arms], they would not be able to shake off their yokes. But were the… — James Madison
States get to improve transportation infrastructure; that creates economic development, puts people back to work and, most important, enhances safety and improves local communities. — Corrine Brown
When I was 12 years old, I was just horrible. My parents were ashamed to watch my matches. I would play on a court at… — Roger Federer
The band would play on the night off for the local hotel bands and we'd back all the different acts. So I'd been advised by… — Martin Denny
The vast majority of local people will neither know all of the initiatives nor have any perception that the individual elements are beginning to contribute… — Paul Burrell
What the local politicians actually meant was that they hoped to claim the land in the name of the public and then make the usual… — Michael Moorcock
The Humane Society of the United States works with local Humane Societies across the country. We don't control every local Humane Society in this nation.… — Wayne Pacelle
It is very important for young people not to be afraid of engaging in areas that are not common to the youth. Get involved in… — Wangari Maathai
The people are learning that you cannot leave decisions only to leaders. Local groups have to create the political will for change, rather than waiting… — Wangari Maathai
When you call us, ladies and gentlemen, just so you know, we do have your phone number, and if you say anything untoward, obscene, or… — Bill O'Reilly
One day when Thomas Aquinas was preaching to the local populace on the love of God, he saw an old woman listening attentively to his… — Thomas Aquinas
Let not men then in the pride of power, use the same arguments that tyrannic kings and venal ministers have used, and fallaciously assert that… — Mary Wollstonecraft
We are taking challenges and turning them into opportunities by developing homegrown, local energy production to become independent from foreign sources. — Mitch Daniels
In order to survive, a plurality of true communities would require not egalitarianism and tolerance but knowledge, an understanding of the necessity of local differences,… — Wendell Berry
One of my beliefs is that there are certain institutions within a community which stand for the spirit and heart of that community, there's the… — David Soul
According to DC's HIV/AIDS office, three percent of the local population has HIV or AIDS... The DC City Council, perhaps on the theory that serving… — Star Parker
The writer has a grudge against society, which he documents with accounts of unsatisfying sex, unrealized ambition, unmitigated loneliness, and a sense of local and… — Renata Adler
The writer has a grudge against society, which he documents with accounts of unsatisfying sex, unrealized ambition, unmitigated loneliness, and a sense of local and… — Renata Adler

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