Village Quotes - page 13

I dont see a lot of movies that portray the East Village as well as I think they can. (Adam Rapp)
My father was a coal hewer from Goldthorpe, a coal-mining village in South Yorkshire. He played for the Yorkshire second team as an opening fast bowler - to me he was a gorgeously heroic man. He helped form a union and closed down the Barnsley seam because it was seeping gas, and saved many, many lives. View quote
Brian Blessed
Who is a professional? A professional is someone who has a combination of competence, confidence and belief. A water diviner is a professional. A traditional midwife is a professional. A traditional bone setter is a professional. These are professionals all over the world. You find them in any inaccessible village around the world. View quote
Bunker Roy
I think more of the little kids from a school in a little village in Niger who get teaching two hours a day, sharing one chair for three of them, and who are very keen to get an education. I have them in my mind all the time. Because I think they need even more help than the people in Athens. View quote
Christine Lagarde
I know a lot of people in the retirement village that I have a house in in Florida that are on the Internet and are reading the paper on the Internet, and they're communicating on the Internet. View quote
Davy Jones
In 1978, the tradition of running from village to village with a message was revived. that first run was from Davis to Los Angeles, a distance of 500 miles. View quote
Dennis Banks
I was born and I live in a small village, where the centre of life is the square, and the small bar/cafe. View quote
Diego Della Valle
Something I learned when I was very young: with cooking, it doesn't matter where you are; you can always cook. You can end up in small village in Peru where somebody's cooking, take a spoon and taste it, and you might not be too sure what you're eating, but you can taste the soul in the food. That's what is beautiful with food. View quote
Daniel Boulud
I did not have a mobile phone in 1993. No one did, except the occasional banker or Hollywood star seeming smart, or the main character in 'American Psycho.' In 1993, every day was 'let's get lost.' I could walk Greenwich Village for hours and not be found. View quote
Elizabeth Wurtzel
When I was in south Sudan, people used to rap in my village. But the rapping was more in the mother tongue, Nuer. View quote
Emmanuel Jal
You go to Holland, France, Germany, every community, the tiniest village, they have magnificent, pristine sports facilities. (Graham Taylor)
During the engagement I tried to throw a strong force through the canon, but I was obliged to use it elsewhere before it had gotten to the supposed location of the village. View quote
George Crook
Its not a global village, but we're in a highly interconnected globe. View quote
Howard Rheingold
I live in Tuxedo Park, N.Y. and spend time in the West Village, where my wife Elizabeth Cotnoir, a writer-producer and documentary filmmaker, has an office. View quote
Howard Shore
What had brought me to New York in the autumn of 1972 was a letter of recommendation written by Norman Mailer, the author of 'The Naked and the Dead' and American literature's leading heavyweight contender, to Dan Wolf, the delphic editor of 'The Village Voice.' View quote
James Wolcott
At 'The Village Voice,' there were all these fevers inside the offices, that would break out into full-scale rumbles between writers. View quote
James Wolcott
The notion of the world as a village is becoming a reality. View quote
James Wolfensohn
I live in a village where people still care about each other, largely. View quote
Jan Karon
There's nothing nicer than coming back to your village, where people like my mum's friends take the mick out of me. I prefer that to the craziness of Hollywood. View quote
Jeremy Irvine
I truly have a village supporting me. My son has godmothers, godfathers, grandparents and so many others in his life who love him as much as I do. They're there for both of us. I may not have a mate or husband, but I'm definitely not a single parent. View quote
Jill Scott
It was one of my dreams as a child, growing up in my little village with my cousins. We used to walk together, and I used to say, when you look at the world map, 'This town is there, that town is there, that river is there.' I used to say, 'One day, I'm going to travel these places.' (Jimmy Cliff)
The life of the village became more and more affected by strikes and lock-outs. View quote
John Grierson
For instance, some early ideas for Florida were done only recently. The idea of a little village was there from the beginning and now we have this 'Celebration' village. Same thing for the Disney Institute. Walt talked about this idea in the very first. View quote
John Hench
It was so much fun being in the Olympic Village and meeting all the athletes. View quote
Jordyn Wieber
I grew up Windlesham in Surrey, which is a beautiful and quaint village. View quote
Kirsty Gallacher