Local Quotes
1172 Local quotes by 970 unique authors
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I want to make it clear as Premier and as local member that I strongly support the Renewable Energy Target. Our message to the Federal…
— Unknown Author
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For our welfare reform efforts to be successful, we must empower local charitable organizations with the resources to address their local community needs.
— Mel Carnahan
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Should National Security Issues be decided by a Local Referendum?
— Arun Jaitley
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We must go beyond organic, as it is currently defined in the National Organic Standards, and strive for food that is not only healthful and…
— Unknown Author
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What a feat of transmission: the emotive powers of the book, with no local habitation, pass safely from writer to reader, unmangled by printing and…
— Lynne Sharon Schwartz
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Once you step inside, history has to be rewritten to include you. A fiction develops a story that weaves you into the social fabric, giving…
— Camilla Gibb
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Of all states that understands local control of schools, Iowa is such a state.
— George W. Bush
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Cooking creates a sense of well-being for yourself and the people you love and brings beauty and meaning to everyday life. And all it requires…
— Alice Waters
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Today, local economies are being destroyed by the pluralistic, displaced, global economy, which has no respect for what works in a locality. The global economy…
— Wendell Berry
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Without prosperous local economies, the people have no power and the land no voice.
— Wendell Berry
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I applaud the American Cancer Society for all they do to eradicate smoking. Their local, state and national efforts help to discourage young people from…
— Allyson Schwartz
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The hero, therefore, is the man or woman who has been able to battle past his personal and local historical limitations.
— Joseph Campbell
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After I saved some money, I quit work and went to a local college.
— Lloyd Alexander
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The difference between de jure and de facto segregation is the difference between open, forthright bigotry and the shamefaced kind that works through unwritten agreements…
— Shirley Chisholm
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A local company has more accountability.
— Paul Hawken
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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