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Quotes About North Carolina

Barbecue is an incredibly democratic food. It's cheaper than McDonald's in many places and far more delicious. On the other hand, the only reason it can be that cheap is they use commodity hogs, the worst of the worst, which is - you know, it's an industry kind of ruining North Carolina.
~ Michael Pollan
I'd never get elected if people in North Carolina realized how liberal I am.
~ Dean Smith
Maybe I have an affinity for Andy Griffith because we both grew up in North Carolina.
~ Peyton Reed
I'm a multi-racial person - I'm black and white - and growing up in North Carolina, I've dealt with a lot of racism. Growing up as a kid, I've seen it. I've been through it in many forms and fashions.
~ Jimmy Graham
My father is from North Carolina, and he got rid of his drawl really fast. He's very much about speaking correctly, enunciating in certain ways.
~ Boots Riley
I have a business in North Carolina but am open to coaching or broadcasting as well. I've got four years on my contract and want to play as long as I can with my knees, but I'll let God take care of that.
~ Muggsy Bogues
If the goal of the Trump tax cut is to make America look more like tax-cutting North Carolina and less like soak-the-rich Connecticut and Illinois, he's certainly on the right track.
~ Stephen Moore
I went to college in North Carolina, so something about being in the East Coast is home for me.
~ Ashlyn Harris
I'm really interested in history and when I looked into the settlers who came to my home state, North Carolina, I found that the largest settlement of Hebridean islanders outside of Scotland was right there in North Carolina.
~ Rhiannon Giddens
I like good Mexican food, and there's not a lot of that around North Carolina.
~ Kyle Busch
President Trump's agenda is enticing businesses to hire in North Carolina.
~ Lara Trump
I believe that North Carolina is Strong, Resilient and Ready to face the challenges of the future.
~ Roy Cooper
North Carolina is blessed with amazing coastal resources and we need to safeguard our coast because it helps drive our economy.
~ Roy Cooper
I'm a North Carolina native. Grew up in North Carolina.
~ Rhiannon Giddens
Many industries in my home state of North Carolina will greatly benefit from the USMCA.
~ Mark Meadows
The thing is, I don't hate North Carolina. I know we're rivals now, but I almost went there. For me it was UNC or Duke. So I love that school. And at the end of the day, the rivalry stuff, that's just fun.
~ Austin Rivers
My commitment to rural North Carolina is personal. I understand the opportunities and challenges our rural communities face.
~ Roy Cooper
Every February, we celebrate the heritage and contributions of African Americans in North Carolina and around the country. North Carolina holds an important place in African American history going back generations.
~ Roy Cooper
I'm going to coach here as long as I can. As long as I'm effective for North Carolina, I will be the football coach.
~ Mack Brown
Since my retirement, I've spent a lot of time trying to help the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina. A society like this just can't afford an uneducated underclass of citizens.
~ Charles Kuralt
Thanks in part to Klan intimidation of Republican voters—white and black—Democrats had returned to power in Alabama, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia in the 1870 elections.
~ Charles Lane
The men of the 47th North Carolina could not actually have looked across Washington to see the burning Long Bridge from the position in which I have them doing so. Geography occa sionally has to bend just a little to serve the novelist's needs.
~ Harry Turtledove
In Virginia, North Carolina, and Alabama, interracial coalitions briefly won statewide and would have won more often had elections been fair. African Americans still had the rights of citizenship -- at least formally -- until the 1890s.
~ James W. Loewen
My district includes the two urban centers of Charlotte and Fayetteville, as well as large rural areas. Obviously, these diverse segments of North Carolina require different approaches to meeting current and future transportation demands.
~ Robin Hayes