Quotes About Local

The site I landed on feels much more isolated than it really is; it's almost magical. Within its limited radius, there was a whole range of the local ecology.

Apologetics has an important place in the local church as we seek to influence our communities for Christ in an increasingly skeptical culture.

I'm skeptical of the 'go local' approach to cartooning to preserve your job.

When there's work to be done in Colorado, for Colorado, we should look to skilled Coloradans first.

You know among people who kind of travel a lot and have exposure to the United States and some other countries, they do have accounts, but you know, Russia is not exactly the place with multiple language skills so local networks kind of have an edge.

It was just me in my basement honing my skills, hearing songs on the radio and trying to manipulate them and then writing over those, and I started with local artists in Boston, writing records for them.

What a unique opportunity to be in town. I love townies. I value it, so to speak.

The load was so great that Andersen summoned a shredding truck from a local disposal company called Shred-It. (The company's motto: "Your secrets are safe with us.")

Uncle Avery, who was not only postmaster but mayor of Pitchfork as well.

Most people think they want Main Streets but won't make the small sacrifices in terms of time, cost, and footpower necessary to sustain them. The sad fact is that we have created a culture in which most people will happily-indeed, unthinkingly-drive an extra couple of miles to walk thirty less feet.

Nearly every aspect of life was subject to some measure of legal restraint. At a local level, you could be fined for letting your ducks wander in the road, for misappropriating town gravel, for having a guest in your house without a permit from the local bailiff.

Locally, changes have been even more dramatic. Greenland ice cores show the temperatures there changing by as much as fifteen degrees in ten years, drastically altering rainfall patterns and growing conditions.

To agree with Ingold is no to say that everything must be local first and last, nor to deny that there are environmental problems on a planetary scale. It is to say that they are not the planet's problems. They are ours.

Since 2008, 150 local papers have closed in England, including some once major ones like the Surrey Herald and Reading Post. That's not good. Without local newspapers there's no one to tell you when somebody's been fined for having rats in their kitchens.

I bought a morning newspaper and found my way into a café. It always amazes me how seldom visitors bother with local papers. Personally I can think of nothing more exciting—certainly nothing you could do in a public place with a cup of coffee—than to read newspapers from a part of the world you know almost nothing about.

Without local newspapers there's no one to tell you when somebody's been fined for having rats in their kitchens.

I would recommend you run as if you are running for governor in three states - Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. There were the first three caucus or primary states. Run and sound local, like you want to be their governor. A lot of candidates make the huge mistake of trying to run in 27 states. Run three governor's races, and you'll have a really good shot. Focus on three. Do well in three. And the others will come.

44 percent paid payroll taxes on their wages that went toward Social Security and Medicare, as well as state, local, property and sales taxes, they paid zero dollars in federal income tax.

I feel that my local bias frees me from the global bias that gets in the way of top-down thinkers.

I felt other Christian charities and ministries of compassion were wrong in showing the love of Christ. No, many were doing a wonderful job. But I felt the local church should be the center for outreach, and we needed to bring the balance back.

You are like tango music itself, Kapka.' Julio says, catching his breath. 'You're the universal woman- wherever you go, you will always be a local and a stranger at the same time.

It is imperative that state and local jurisdictions not scrimp on investing in law enforcement.

When I can, I enjoy working with local people to involve everyone in the community in changing their environment.

A federal government with enough money to buy iPads for local gym teachers is not a federal government that has been cut to the bone.