Locals Quotes - Page 3

• My father was brought to this country as an infant. He lost his mother as a teenager. He grew up in poverty.Although he graduated at the top of his high school class, he had no money for college. And he was set to work in a factory but, at the last minute, a kind person in the Trenton area arranged for him to receive a $50 scholarship and that was enough in those days for him to pay the tuition at a local college and buy one used suit. And that made the difference between his working in a factory and going to college.

  Samuel Alito

  Mother, Country, Teenager

  Opening Statement to Senate Judiciary Committee, delivered 9 January 2006

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• Think global, act local.

  Christiana Figueres

  Thinking

  "Climate Changers: 30+ Top Thinkers and Doers" by S. Jacob Scherr, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I was previously involved in local and state politics, but not national, because grassroots democracy starts at the bottom. This was the breaking point for me, though - and it made the case that in order to fight locally, we have to fight nationally; we can't afford to neglect any area of life in this democracy.

  Jill Stein

  Fighting, Order, Point Break

  Source: www.pqmonthly.com

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• Way back in 1979, as a guest on a local TV show in Arkansas, then Hillary Rodham was quizzed about not taking her husband's last name when they got married and keeping her job as a lawyer while being first lady of the state.

  Tamara Keith

  Jobs, Husband, Names

  "The Disconnect Between The Public And Private Hillary Clinton". "All Things Considered" with Tamara Keith, www.npr.org. July 26, 2016.

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• I've laid out my economic plans. I want to grow the economy. That's why I have plans for jobs and raising incomes. I do want to go after bad actors on and off Wall Street, because I think companies that take money from federal, state, and local governments and then pick up and move should have to pay that back.

  Hillary Clinton

  Jobs, Wall, Moving

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• The best thing for you to do is shop at your local farmer's market and support the organic growers who are there. Because those are the guys who are taking care of the soil that is ultimately going to take care of us.

  Jason Mraz

  Support, Guy, Care

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. August 01, 2014.

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• After two decades of reconstruction work, I want to work on projects that lay at the intersection of cultural diplomacy and national identity - ones that empower local communities to define progress, not have it sanctioned by others.

  Cameron Sinclair

  Two, Empowering, Community

  "Founder of Small Works Cameron Sinclair Afghanistan, Syria, and the Architecture of Empowerment". Interview with Paul D. Miller, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Some of the best work that's happening right now is from architects who have remained in their home countries and who have focused on a local or national identity and the idea of critical regionalism.

  Cameron Sinclair

  Country, Home, Ideas

  "Founder of Small Works Cameron Sinclair Afghanistan, Syria, and the Architecture of Empowerment". Interview with Paul D. Miller, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• We are facing an enormous crisis in Africa right now in terms of illegal wildlife trafficking, which is decimating animal populations, destroying local economies, and funding armed insurgencies and terrorist syndicates. If we do not find solutions to this crisis now, there will be little habitat left beyond sparse areas of national parks that will serve as glorified zoos to small pockets of remaining animals.

  David Jeremiah Barron

  Zoos, Animal, Habitat

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• I'm very committed to my family and my town. My biggest local commitment are my children, my husband, my home and my grandchildren.

  Elizabeth Lesser

  Children, Husband, Commitment

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. August 4, 2013.

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• Ordinary people have an extremely important role to play in fighting climate change. Not only can you make your home more energy efficient, drive less, and eat more local food - you can also tell your leaders to take climate action.

  Frances Beinecke

  Home, Fighting, Climate Action

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• Most of the damage suffered by the ocean up until now has been caused by local insults - overfishing, pollution, and destruction of habitats. If we tackle these problems now, we buy ourselves time to work on climate change.

  Nancy Knowlton

  Ocean, Habitat, Damage

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• Whether I'm feeding the homeless, stopping by a high school to chat with teens, visiting a prison or local jail, I think that the greatest service you can give is yourself. To be able to help someone who is not in a position to help themselves or possibly ever repay you.

  Raheem Devaughn

  School, Thinking, Jail

  "Raheem DeVaughn: Love, Love, and More Love". Interview with Faith Hunter, September 9, 2014.

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• It's time to transition beyond our fossil fuel addiction to a just economy based on green jobs, renewable energy, and local organic food.

  Winona LaDuke

  Jobs, Addiction, Energy

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• Many of the local institutions and politicians and veterinarians are involved in illegal trade. To crack that down, it's a big crime and big names to reveal.

  Veronika Varekova

  Names, Cracks, Politician

  "African Wildlife Foundation, Veronica Varekova and Patrick Bergin". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. December 1, 2013.

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• I can accomplish all those. It's really awkward, kind of, for me coming out here and being in a competitive golf atmosphere. I don't get to do it but once a year, except my, like, local tournaments back home in Oakland.

  Stephen Curry

  Home, Golf, Years

  Source: wearegolf.org

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• The funny part is I feel like somebody is stalking me, like, at my local course and sizing up my game.

  Stephen Curry

  Stalking Me, Games, Feels

  Source: wearegolf.org

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• In many rural areas of the world, local communities use kerosene for indoor lighting, which leads to asthma, poor quality of light, and the desperate cycle of oil-based products that continually degrade the environment.

  Olafur Eliasson

  Poor Quality, Light, Oil

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• You can push your local communities to adopt more sustainable sources of energy and environmentally-friendly practices.

  Al Gore

  Practice, Community, Friendly

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• We have emphasized the importance of applied action research because it allows evidence-based policy and program development and a focus on learning. We are also committed to using a participatory approach in which local people, local program managers and providers, local researchers, women's health activists, and national decision-makers play the leading role. International "experts" from technical assistance agencies or universities can make important contributions, but they certainly don't have all the answers.

  Ruth Simmons

  Agency, Play, People

  Source: quod.lib.umich.edu

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• High level policy makers and program managers do not normally listen to the voices of local people, local providers and local program managers when they make decisions about contraceptive introduction or other aspects of program development in reproductive health.

  Ruth Simmons

  Voice, People, Decision

  Source: quod.lib.umich.edu

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• If instead policy makers and program managers participate in an interdisciplinary assessment team, make informal visits to local families and have in-depth conversations with local providers and health authorities, the real needs and complex challenges of organizing good reproductive health services become apparent.The first country that implemented this participatory program of assessment, research and policy development was Brazil. I was one of the outsiders who provided support to the initiative.

  Ruth Simmons

  Country, Real, Team

  Source: quod.lib.umich.edu

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• We wanted to see how access to care can be expanded and service quality can be improved when one uses a participatory approach to program development. We showed that major changes become possible if you work in a participatory manner, listen to local people, diagnose what the problems are, provide training and identify where there are opportunities for mobilizing local resources to take action. In time leaders from other municipalities expressed interest in replication and the project succeeded in expanding innovations to three other areas.

  Ruth Simmons

  Opportunity, People, Leader

  Source: quod.lib.umich.edu

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• To be proactive is to educate yourself and get the word out via social media, or through one of the many animal-welfare organizations around the world, and by signing petitions, starting your own campaigns, rescuing and fostering animals, organizing cleanups, recycling, volunteering at your local animal shelter, going to eco-tourist destinations or photo safaris. This will help get the word out to the masses, and hopefully, this will bring more awareness and more compassion to animal welfare.

  Katie Cleary

  Animal, Compassion, Media

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• This killer [in Orlando] was interviewed by the FBI three times and I'm not going to second guess what career law enforcement professionals do everyday to defend our nation. But we need to look carefully at this. Should we have a broader database? You know, someone comes to the attention of FBI not once but three times, does that suggest that local law enforcement needs to know.

  Hillary Clinton

  Law, Careers, Everyday

  Source: www.npr.org

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