North Carolina Quotes - Page 2

• I suppose more than anything, it's the way of life in this part of the country that influences my writing. In Eastern North Carolina, with the exception of Wilmington, most people live in small towns.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Country, Writing, People

  The Book Reporter Interview, www.bookreporter.com. September 28, 2001.

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• I made a ridiculous statement when I first went to North Carolina State. I said I know basketball down there was like life or death. It was very wrong. It's more important.

  Jim Valvano

  Basketball, Important, Firsts

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• I'm writing a new love story, set in eastern North Carolina. Surprise, surprise, huh?

  Nicholas Sparks

  Writing, Stories, Literature

  The Book Reporter Interview, www.bookreporter.com. September 28, 2001.

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• Increased funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program is a priority for the Bush Administration, and I am pleased that many families in North Carolina will benefit from this increase.

  Richard Burr

  Priorities, Benefits, Administration

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• I was an organizer in the Food, Agricultural and Tobacco Workers Union down in North Carolina.

  Al Lewis

  Agriculture, Unions, Workers

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• Im always happy to have the President visit North Carolina. Unfortunately, the citizens of North Carolina who could be most adversely affected by the Presidents plan have not been invited to the discussion.

  Mel Watt

  President, Citizens, Plans

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• 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

  Retirement, School, Trying

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• This is an area where North Carolina does excel. I have known more colorful North Carolina political figures than I have colorless ones.

  Jesse Helms

  Political, Doe, Figures

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• Suppose that, say, China established military bases in Colombia to carry out chemical warfare in Kentucky and North Carolina to destroy this lethal crop [tobacco] that is killing huge numbers of Chinese.

  Noam Chomsky

  Military, Kentucky, Numbers

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• I never imagined anybody would ever come out to hear me preach. I'm just a country dairy farmer from North Carolina.

  Billy Graham

  Country, Dairy, Farmers

  Source: www.cmstory.org

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• My music came up from the soil of North Carolina.

  Earl Scruggs

  Soil, Carolina

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• I think that American music, for me, it's a synthesis of a lot of different things. But for me growing up in North Carolina, the stuff that I was listening to, the things that I was hearing, it was all about Black music, about soul music.

  James Taylor

  Growing Up, Thinking, Soul

  "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. January 17, 2013.

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• Apple is apparently building a large solar energy farm in North Carolina. And if there's any justice, the minute they're done building it, God will introduce a newer, smaller sun that's not compatible with their machinery.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Funny, Apples, Justice

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• Because I'm from North Carolina, you think I'm the Andy Griffith show, or something?

  Clay Aiken

  Thinking, Andy Griffith Show, Shows

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• I was on significant financial aid, an only child, with parents who didn't have much living in North Carolina.

  Chris Hughes

  Children, Parent, Only Child

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• I need to be looking at what's important in North Carolina, and you better believe that's what I will do.

  Kay Hagan

  Believe, Important, Needs

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• North Carolina is home to some of the largest financial institutions in the country, and a vibrant network of community banks. We're a banking state, and we're proud of that distinction. But we also understand that responsible financial regulation protects consumers and businesses.

  Kay Hagan

  Country, Home, Community

  "Don’t Filibuster Cordray" by Kay R. Hagan, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 8, 2011.

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• I'd never get elected if people in North Carolina realized how liberal I am.

  Dean Smith

  People, Carolina, Ifs

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• North Carolina is strong because our people are strong. They define our state - by their hard work, commitment to their families and neighbors, their willingness to sacrifice so that their children can have a chance to forge their own path.

  Kay Hagan

  Strong, Children, Hard Work

  "Kay Hagan DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 06, 2012.

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• The fabric of North Carolina and what makes our state so special is our families and our common desire for a brighter future for our children. No matter what your family looks like, we all want the same thing for our families - happiness, health, prosperity, a bright future for our children and grandchildren.

  Kay Hagan

  Children, Desire, Special

  "Sen. Hagan on marriage: 'It's time to move forward'" by Phil Reese, www.washingtonblade.com. March 27, 2013.

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• I grew up in North Carolina, and I grew up on wrestling.

  Ken Jeong

  Wrestling, Grew Up, Carolina

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• Education has fundamentally changed my life. It's perhaps the mission of my life. I'm wed to it in a very powerful and personal way. And I chose the pathway that I believe could make me the most significant on changing the outcomes that we see now in North Carolina.

  Bev Perdue

  Powerful, Believe, Having Fun

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• I said those things about gay rights and abortion on opposite day. I cannot BELIEVE you don't have opposite day in North Carolina!

  Mitt Romney

  Believe, Gay, Rights

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• NC LIVE has the potential to give citizens across North Carolina immediate access to the rich array of information resources housed by the libraries on UNC's 16 campuses. It will allow unprecedented collaboration and sharing of resources among sister UNC institutions, the community colleges, and the state's public libraries.

  Molly Corbett Broad

  College, Giving, Community

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• Virginia was in fact a landowning aristocracy, without nobility or merchant class, or any considerable small peasant farming class; and the other Southern colonies, except North Carolina, were on the whole similar to Virginia in these respects.

  Carl L. Becker

  Virginia, Class, Southern

  "Search Results The United States: An Experiment in Democracy". Book by Carl L. Becker, 1920.

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