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Quotes About Local

Once in a while, I write in Malay and work on something fun that's more for the local Malaysian market, and when that happens, it's always something really special; it speaks volumes that I'm doing it for my fans who have been there for me since day one.
~ Yuna
The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments.
~ Donald Rumsfeld
I don't want Washington - let me be perfectly clear - I do not want Washington involved in local education decisions any more than I want them involved in common core. You know, common core was a state-created and state-implemented voluntary set of standards in Math and English that are comparable across state lines.
~ Jan Brewer
When governors such as John Engler, Mike Huckabee, and Mike Pence were driving the conversation on voluntary high standards driven by local voices, it all made sense.
~ Betsy DeVos
There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments.
~ Bobby Scott
If a team needs new facilities, and they've been unsuccessful for a long period of time, and the local community is not being responsive, then I think it's a possibility that team might get a vote to relocate.
~ Bob McNair
When Hall of Fame voters decide who is inducted, it's a really difficult process. Players have to have an advocate in the room, and it's typically their own local beat writer.
~ Howie Long
We must invest in and empower our state and local parties by creating effective field operations, an enhanced and advanced voter file, and a culture of collaboration between candidates at every level. Let's put the voters first.
~ Keith Ellison
Useful lessons can be learned from our more successful local authorities - as you move into government, it is even more imperative to communicate speedily and persuasively with your members and your voters.
~ Charles Kennedy
As voters and taxpayers, we must demand that our local governments properly prioritize libraries. As citizens, we must invest in our library down the street so that the generations served by that library grow up to be adults who contribute not just to their local communities but to the world.
~ Karin Slaughter
I made a different decision to send my children to the local state school.
~ Johann Lamont
I have always lived among the people of Gujarat. I know public sentiments.
~ Amit Shah
'Local Hero' was probably the most enjoyable job I've ever done then or since. It's had a very long shelf life.
~ Denis Lawson
I don't know if I'll ever get used to walking into the local shop or a local restaurant and having three or four people recognize me.
~ Wade Barrett
When it comes to the environment in our own backyard, we understand it far better than anybody in Washington D.C.
~ Cory Gardner
I lived in Barueri for a long time, and now I live in a city close to Barueri, so it's like my backyard.
~ Demian Maia
It's nice to see bands you could see at a bar finally get a chance.
~ John Rzeznik
I had eight years of a career before I even saw any fame outside of the Bay. I was famous in the Bay for eight years before that.
~ Too Short
I'm from the Bay Area, so I know a lot about granola.
~ Daveed Diggs
Nico Santos I've known from Bay Area stand-up, and he lives right by me so we hang out all the time.
~ Jimmy O. Yang
Local politicians of color said children and tomorrow. They said digital and democracy and history.
~ Jonathan Franzen
Nature even on the most local of scales made a mockery of information technology. Even augmented by tech, the human brain was paltry, infinitesimal, in comparison to the universe.
~ Jonathan Franzen
small-town bankers like Justin Barker
~ A.W. Gray
De mens is geroepen in zijn doen zijn eigen wezen af te spiegelen. Hij zelf is een wereld in het klein, maar het ganse heelal vindt hij in zijn boezem terug. Niet het grote, het onbegrensde, het onbereikbare is daarom zijn taak, maar het lokale, het afgeperkte, het kleine, doch dat binnen zijn bepaalde afmetingen toch altijd het grote weerkaatst.
~ Abraham Kuyper