Quotes About Local

Everybody out on the sidewalk is a pedestrian Mercedes, wallowing in entitlement—colliding, snarling, shoving ahead without even the hollow-to-begin-with local euphemism "Excuse me.

I believe that where local congregational life is concerned, it is best to give the Holy Spirit all the room we can, because the Spirit has a way of reminding us that what we think is right—even what we think the Bible spells out as right—is not necessarily letter-perfect in the sight of God. If God did not choose to work in ways that confound us, grace would not be amazing. It would not be grace.

Recent research has found that when a new Walmart opens in a community, it causes an overall loss in jobs in that community

We had such a wonderful set of circumstances in Wilmington. Yes, the four of us became famous literally overnight, but we were in a small town and we always knew when people were coming down. We always knew when to behave.

Hidden within the main conflict were dozens of other, more local wars, which had different flavours and different motivations in each country and each region.

You forget, darling. I am the local psychopath.

The changes that are needed in schools will take root more readily if local and national policies actually support them.

In other words, the biblical writers were speaking to those who shared a rich cultural context, which shaped the way they communicated. I grew up in Detroit and share a rich cultural context with other Detroiters. When I say words like lions, tigers, and wings, I don't have to specify that I mean the professional football, baseball, and hockey teams. Fellow Detroiters get it because we share a rich cultural context.

Think globally and act locally.

local jury trial'—that's the vicinage.

The rapid rise of communication and collaboration technologies has transformed many other formerly local markets into a similarly universal bazaar. The

IT WAS CUSTOMARY in the South for outside observers to interpret events in terms of ideology (usually racial ideology) and for local observers to interpret the same events in terms of money (usually graft).

New local knowledge is exploited globally throughout the organization.

Many were reacting to the crisis by getting drunk, and Irene couldn't blame them. It was a perfectly reasonable response to the situation, and it was supporting local businesses. A win–win situation.

The local church is not part of the church but is the church in its local expression.

The local congregation is not part of the church; the universal church is not thought of as the sum and total of its parts; rather, the local congregation is the church in its local expression.

What could the locals gain by setting you up?" I asked Arland. "A war with House Krahr on this planet. Since they're a local House they likely have no idea of our capabilities. They probably want my uncle's cousin's land. Or perhaps they want to claim that I attacked them, so that they can demand financial compensation." He grinned at me. "Either way, it will be exciting.

In Newark, we see a problem and want to seize it, but we run up against the wall of state government, the wall of federal government that does not have the flexibility or doesn't see problems, even. At the federal level, it's often a zero-sum game: If you win, I lose. At the local level, it's just not local that. It's win-win-win.

Our community is like many around the country that have, as the gentleman from New York referenced, sophisticated planning and zoning regulations. These are elements that are developed as a result of local community pressure to balance interests.

From zoning to labor to food safety to insurance, local food systems daily face a phalanx of regulatory hurdles designed and implemented to police industrial food models but which prejudicially wipe out the antidote: appropriate scaled local food systems.

Our charity begins at home, And mostly ends where it begins.

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.

As I get older and more tuned in to a community or an area, I see myself getting more involved. Not that I see myself running for office, but more involved in local issues.

The Russo brothers are the best people ever, and they cast me in 'Happy Endings.' I did text Joe Russo to say, 'I don't think my character dies, so if you need a local news cameraman to show up in 'Captain America 2'... I know it doesn't make sense, but just hear me out on this!' He was really cool about it and turned me down right away.