Local Quotes
1172 Local quotes by 970 unique authors
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These children should be enrolled in Independent Living programs designed by state and local governments to prepare them to enter the workplace, or attend college,…
— Charles Bass
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Imagination helps you to recognize the reality of facts, but then to go beyond them, to penetrate beneath them, to rise above them in your…
— Wilferd Peterson
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No method of procedure has ever been devised by which liberty could be divorced from local self-government. No plan of centralization has ever been adopted…
— Calvin Coolidge
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I firmly believe this ... that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better, than the builders of Babel: We…
— Benjamin Franklin
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Are we going to continue to yield personal liberties and community autonomy to the steady inexplicable centralization all political power or restore the Republic to…
— Douglas MacArthur
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The war against Vietnam is only the ghastliest manifestation of what I'd call imperial provincialism, which afflicts America's whole culture-aware only of its own history,…
— Stephen Vizinczey
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A species may eat a particular bacterium, phytoplankton, smaller fish, or plant in an area. Lacking a predator, these species/populations will overgrow and alter the…
— Thom Hartmann
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On the day of the show, I sit down with someone that speaks very good English and someone who speaks the local language very well…
— Phil Collins
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It would, of course, be hopeless to attempt to crowd into an international language all those local overtones of meaning which are so dear to…
— Edward Sapir
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Our intentions attract the elements and forces, the events, the situation, the circumstances and the relationships necessary to fulfill the intended outcome. We don't need…
— Deepak Chopra
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Basically, right before college I got into the Guinness book for my feet and started to do local commercials and little radio spots, just little…
— Matthew McGrory
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Living in an orgy of unrestrained consumption and economic growth accompanied by population expansion that ignores the carrying capacity of local environments will lead to…
— Phil Harding
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...because there are no local or State boundaries to the problems of our environment, the Federal Government must play an active, positive role. We can…
— Richard M. Nixon
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How thoughtful of God to arrange matters so that, wherever you happen to be born, the local religion always turns out to be the true…
— Richard Dawkins
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Women are still chronically underrepresente d in U.S. politics, at both a local and national level. But there's one city, where those three top jobs…
— Chuck Todd
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Whether we consider the individual, family, local, national or international level, peace must arise from inner peace. For example, making prayers for peace while continuing…
— Dalai Lama
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We can't do much about ensuring that the homeland is safe if our local police and sheriffs' departments don't have the personnel they need to…
— Dick Durbin
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We need to confront honestly the issue of scale... You may need a large corporation to run an airline or to manufacture cars, but you…
— Wendell Berry
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There's nothing like castrating 20 pigs before lunch. I did that during school whenever the need arose. They'd call out the agricultural class and put…
— Fred Ward
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Strengthening local airports in Iowa is important for economic development and improving the quality of life our rural areas and urban communities
— Chuck Grassley
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It's wonderful to work for a company that gives so much back to its communities, especially to our children. Donations are only one way we…
— Patricia Brooks
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The problem with real estate is that it's local. You have to understand the local market.
— Robert Kiyosaki
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The life function of [the local church] is to love the God who created it - to care for others out of obedience to Christ,…
— Charles Colson
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There's nothing revolutionary about Saturday Night Fever . You can see the same kind of movement at your local disco.
— Gene Kelly
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There is nothing like the local church when the local church is working right.
— Bill Hybels
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