West Quotes - Page 2

• My wife was delighted with the home I had given her amid the prairies of the far west.

  Buffalo Bill

  Home, Wife, Given

  Buffalo Bill (1879). “The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout, and Guide: An Autobiography”, p.363, U of Nebraska Press

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• 'Kitchen Confidential' wasn't a cautionary or an expose. I wrote it as an entertainment for New York tri-state area line cooks and restaurant lifers, basically; I had no expectation that it would move as far west as Philadelphia.

  Anthony Bourdain

  New York, Moving, Philadelphia

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• I've always been interested in the history of the West, our country and particularly as it relates to the Native Americans - the original Americans.

  Beau Bridges

  Country, Native American, Relate

  "Q&A with Cast of TNT’s "Into The West"". Interview with Kevin Mark Kline, boston.edgemedianetwork.com. June 2, 2005.

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• You know, if Kelly Clarkson wants to do country albums because that’s what inspires her, then let her do it. Look at Kanye West or Ludacris ... they aren’t rappin’ and cussin’ like they were on their first few albums, so what does that make them? It’s all in the eye of the beholder and the listener. We all use our outlet to grow ourself.

  Luke Bryan

  Country, Eye, Inspire

  "Luke Bryan Laughs Off Country Music Stereotypes, Talks Growing Popularity Of Genre". Interview with Kari Friedlander, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 16, 2013.

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• Places I've lived since then had to have some kind of uniqueness and character about them. And logically Key West, and then Down Island. So, all of that stuff sort of had it's roots in New Orleans and went crazy.

  Jimmy Buffett

  Crazy, Character, Islands

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• It affords me sincere pleasure to be able to apprise you of the entire removal of the Cherokee Nation of Indians to their new homes west of the Mississippi.

  Martin Van Buren

  Home, Able, Cherokee

  Martin Van Buren (1969). “Martin Van Buren, 1782-1862: chronology-documents-bibliographical aids”

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• The case of the Seminoles constitutes at present the only exception to the successful efforts of the Government to remove the Indians to the homes assigned them west of the Mississippi.

  Martin Van Buren

  Home, Successful, Government

  United States. President (1837-1841 : Van Buren), Martin Van Buren (1838). “Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress: At the Commencement of the Third Session of the Twenty-fifth Congress”, p.18

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• We can realise a lasting peace and transform the East-West relationship to one of enduring co-operation.

  George H. W. Bush

  East, Operations, Endure

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• But there is a big difference in working for the West and working for a totalitarian state.

  John le Carre

  Differences, States, Bigs

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• Guns are part of the American psyche, aren't they? This is collateral damage for having a Wild West mentality. It's intrinsic to the American psyche. It's never going to change.

  Nick Cave

  Gun, Damage, Collateral

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• It is totally different making films in the East than in the West. In the East, I make my own Jackie Chan films, and it's like my family. Sometimes I pick up the camera because I choreograph all the fighting scenes, even when I'm not fighting. I don't have my own chair. I just sit on the set with everybody.

  Jackie Chan

  Fighting, Cameras, Different

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• I do think that maybe, even subconsciously, a lot of parents in the West are wondering, have we gone too far in the direction of coddling and protecting - you know, you see kids, sometimes that seem very rude and disrespectful. And the more important thing is they don't seem that happy.

  Amy Chua

  Kids, Thinking, Rude

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• I have heard something said about allegiance to the South. I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance.

  Henry Clay

  Patriotism, East, Stewardship

  Speech in the Senate (1848)

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• I was always a sports nut but I've lost interest now in whether one bunch of mercenaries in north London is going to beat another bunch of mercenaries from west London.

  John Cleese

  Sports, Nuts, London

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• Now '90210' is returning with an all-new cast of slightly more plausible teens. I'll be honest: I wish the old cast was back. Ideally, this spin-off would be an Ice Storm-esque exploration of the West Beverly gang's bleak adult lives.

  Diablo Cody

  Ice, Wish, Storm

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• I found that part of it towards San Salvador extending from north to south five leagues, and the other side which we coasted along, ran from east to west more than ten leagues.

  Christopher Columbus

  League, East, Sides

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• Being a nice girl from the Mid-West, my inclination is always to give in and say yes because I want people to like me.

  Cindy Crawford

  Girl, Nice, People

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• When I was 2, we moved into an imposing country mansion 8 miles west of Cardiff, Wales.

  Roald Dahl

  Country, 8 Mile, Miles

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• Phyllis is one of the tunnel boring machines for Crossrail and one of the most extraordinary characters I met, visiting some of the most exciting infrastructure in Britain. Crossrail is the new railway which will run from West to East right across London. It is the biggest engineering project in Europe - and Phyllis herself is not exactly dainty.

  Evan Davis

  Running, Character, Tunnels

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• I'm getting comfortable with West Coast style, which is more laid-back than British style.

  Cat Deeley

  Style, Laid Back, West Coast

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• I went West and took part in the strike of the machinists - the Southern Pacific Railroad, the corporation that swung California by its golden tail, that controlled its legislature, its farmers, its preachers, its workers.

  Mother Jones

  California, Southern, Railroads

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• No, I don't think about the myth of the West. It's not the kind of thinking I do. That's more suited to people who live in big towns on the West Coast or East Coast, people who stay under a roof, in a room, all the time.

  Tommy Lee Jones

  Thinking, People, East

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• Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too old.

  Rudyard Kipling

  Too Much, Asia, Method

  Rudyard Kipling (2015). “Complete Short Stories of Rudyard Kipling: 25 Illustrated Collections: 440+ Tales in One Volume – Ultimate Short Story Collection: Plain Tales from the Hills, Soldier’s Three, The Jungle Book, The Phantom ‘Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories, Land and Sea Tales…”, p.916, e-artnow

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• During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national championship three times.

  Bobby Knight

  Team, Winning, Texas

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• Berlin is still going through a transition since the Cold War - both in what used to be East and West Berlin. I can still sense the confusion and the struggle for identity there in the streets. There's a pulse to it.

  Diane Kruger

  War, Struggle, Confusion

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