Local Quotes - page 8

I spent hours as a kid on the putting green of the local golf course imagining I was sinking a putt to win the Masters. (Mike Weir)
Normally I'm really lucky because I can go down to my local shops and no one cares. I take the Tube and the bus so it's kind of the perfect balance. View quote
MyAnna Buring
The real opportunity is to harness the inventive power of the world to locally design and produce solutions to local problems. View quote
Neil Gershenfeld
The local communities, through their leaders, were able to build a communications network that allowed my work here to reflect the needs and interests of the people within the 9th Congressional District. It's been an honor to do that and we did so successfully. View quote
Nick Lampson
The attacks on the Paris Metro in the 1990s were committed by members of the local Muslim community, immigrants from the Maghreb region of North Africa. View quote
Otto Schily
My stepfather gave me a Kodak camera when I was 17 years old. I started working at a local photo store in Le Havre, France, taking passport pictures and photographing weddings. View quote
Patrick Demarchelier
We are very grateful for what the Ontario provincial government is doing, and for cooperation from provincial and local police forces all across Canada. View quote
Paul Cellucci
As free citizens in a political democracy, we have a responsibility to be interested and involved in the affairs of the human community, be it at the local or the global level. View quote
Paul Wellstone
I can finally go home and tell the constituents, law enforcement, and leaders in Washington state that Congress is treating the meth problem with the same urgency and commitment that local communities have been treating it with for years. View quote
Rick Larsen
The disaster in the Gulf was no accident. It was the result of years of oil money buying off politicians to lead to an unregulated and ill focused addiction to oil and drilling. The doomed fate of the local fisherman and the environment were foretold in the infamous chants of 'Drill, Baby, Drill.' View quote
Robert Greenwald
If you're running for reelection in the House of Representatives race, you know, it's very important to you that you be on fairly good terms with the local affiliates in the largest market in your area. I mean you don't want to antagonize them. (Robert McChesney)
Illegal immigration is not just a matter of interest in states along our border with Mexico. It is having an effect on local economies, schools, health care delivery, and public safety all across the country. View quote
Roger Wicker
I have a great love for cuisine, so I'm always interested in local food, and there are so many interesting dishes, spices and ingredients in India. View quote
Romain Grosjean
The toilets at a local police station have been stolen. Police say they have nothing to go on. View quote
Ronnie Barker
People essentially like local news better than network news. View quote
Roone Arledge
Go out there and see where the world needs your touch. That kind of meaning not only makes you feel more connected to your environment on a local scale, but also to yourself - whether you can operate from something beyond the definition that others might place on you. View quote
Sharon Lawrence
Over the years, the diamond industry has had a devastating impact in countries such as Sierra Leone, Angola and the Congo, where profits from the sale of diamonds have been used to fund brutal wars, with disastrous effects on local communities. View quote
Sheherazade Goldsmith
I worked at a local country club that I never belonged to. I did random tasks in the pro shop and supposed to be in charge of the register, but that didn't go so well. They quickly realized I was better with people, not computers. View quote
Shelley Hennig
While I believe our Constitution allows for State and local governments to execute the power of eminent domain for those purposes that specifically serve the public good, condemning property solely to implement economic development plans is not serving the public good. View quote
Solomon Ortiz
In 2003, I introduced and passed The Tornado Shelters Act, which allows local governments to use Community Development Block Grant funds to construct storm shelters in manufactured housing communities. View quote
Spencer Bachus
While Congress can't overturn the Supreme Court, we can provide carrots and sticks to prevent local governments from unfairly taking property from landowners. (Stephanie Herseth)
Every bit of money that we can bring from our federal transportation budget in Washington back here to Stewart Airport will benefit our local economy and our local residents. View quote
Sue Kelly
What you need if you want jobs are small and medium sized enterprises, local initiatives, labour intensive work, community development, service providers and the like. View quote
Susan George
For small community banks and credit unions, like those in Central and Northern Wisconsin, the hundreds of new rules will require an estimated 2,260,631 labor hours just for compliance. Those are hours that your local bank or credit union will spend dealing with some Washington bureaucrat instead of focusing on the needs of customers like you. View quote
Sean Duffy
Some of those stories in local newspapers are just as dull and boring as the stories that I get from on-line services, which are basically sort of straight news. View quote
Tabitha Soren