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Quotes About Local

I was born and raised in Pocatello, Idaho.
~ Taysom Hill
I had so many local shows before I came back to New York, which is the ideal place to do a national syndicated show. Then I spent five years trying to convince people to give me a shot in the syndication business.
~ Regis Philbin
Rejuvenation of younger players should be the job of the Indonesian Badminton Association. But local competitions will help identify new talent.
~ Taufik Hidayat
I like the idea of a world, even within a big giant city, where you're not anonymous. You have an identity, and that's an identity that's known just sort of by shopkeepers. I felt that as a kid, and I loved it.
~ Rebecca Stead
David Beckham was from round my area so he was a bit of an idol for myself.
~ Dwight Gayle
When a city says, 'If you're illegal, come here, we're not going to prosecute you,' the federal law should supersede the local mayor's edict.
~ Jack Kingston
Local images have one kind of reality. 'U.S. 1' will, I hope, have that kind and another, too. Poetry can extend the document.
~ Muriel Rukeyser
If the federal government will not enforce the immigration laws, our state and local law enforcement should be empowered to do so.
~ Tommy Tuberville
Immigration is a federal issue. The failing of Washington to implement an immigration system that works for our families and our businesses - it's Washington's failure. For us locally in Colorado, it's really important that all people here feel comfortable with their local law enforcement.
~ Cary Kennedy
One thing I have been banging on about, we have a dessert deficit in the U.K. We still import a very large proportion of our desserts. I would ask everyone to go out and buy a British dessert.
~ Owen Paterson
The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the importance of shopping and buying local.
~ Mike Parson
While mass incarceration is a national crisis, it was built locally.
~ James Forman, Jr.
Mass incarceration will have to be dismantled the same way it was constructed: piecemeal, incrementally and, above all, locally.
~ James Forman, Jr.
Innovations that are guided by smallholder farmers, adapted to local circumstances, and sustainable for the economy and environment will be necessary to ensure food security in the future.
~ Bill Gates
The local-church thinker says, "We are building a great church." The kingdom thinker says, "We are taking the rule of Christ to the world.
~ Bill Hull
A single farmers' market, for instance, may not seem very important compared to a Wal-Mart, but farmers' markets are the fastest-growing part of our food economy
~ Bill McKibben
Vermont breweries are symbols of everything that's right and good about a free local economy, where neighbors make things for neighbors - and so they actually bother to give them some taste, body, and character.
~ Bill McKibben
The Gangster Squad, as it is called, was originally formed in 1946 as a response to criminals from back East coming west to shake down local restaurants. The owners of famous L.A. eateries like Mocambo and Brown
~ Bill O'Reilly
I take my kids to the farmer's market - knowing I'm buying local and fresh makes the humiliation of the little choo-choo train ride worthwhile.
~ Sara Gilbert
Many people send me letters in England saying, 'I want to be a war photographer,' and I say, go out into the community that you live in. There's wars going on out there; you don't have to go halfway around the world on an airplane where there are bombs and shells. There are social wars that are worthwhile.
~ Don McCullin
A lot of people in the Isle of Man support me and it makes it all worthwhile when people are interested in what you're doing. I dunno if the word 'famous' is appropriate, but I'm quite well known on the Isle of Man.
~ Mark Cavendish
Bill Murray, we've got to get people worthy to be on the screen with him, as opposed to just a bunch of random... with no disrespect... but a bunch of random local actors.
~ Ruben Fleischer
The great thing about discovering all the food treasures that Box Hill has to offer is that most of them are packed into an area small enough to wrap your arms around.
~ Melissa Leong
On Friday, I tend to wrap up at about 5.30pm after a very hectic week at work. I love nothing better than heading straight to my local cinema, the Hackney Picture House, to catch a film with friends.
~ Rachel Khoo