Quotes with country-town

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  • Campbell Brown Sometimes, in the midst of a tragedy like the Newton massacre, we witness incredible acts of valor, tenderness, grace, and decency. We saw it from Sandy Hook Elementary School's teachers, students, and parents, as well as from their community and country. The outpouring of sympathy and help has been touching and, at times, inspiring.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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  • Captain J. G. Stedman Such indeed is the superior longevity of the fair females of Surinam, compared to that of the males (owing chiefly, as I said, to their excesses of all sorts) that I have frequently known wives who have buried four husbands, but never met a man in this country who had survived two wives.
    Captain J. G. Stedman
    British soldiar, writer, artist (1744 - 1797)
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  • Raymond Chandler Such is the brutalization of commercial ethics in this country that no one can feel anything more delicate than the velvet touch of a soft buck.
    Raymond Chandler
    American writer (1888 - 1959)
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  • Bill Skarsgard Sweden is a small country and, well, our family's pretty prominent in that world, I guess. And I really didn't like the sound of just being 'the fourth acting Skarsgard.'
    Bill Skarsgard
    Swedish actor (1990 - )
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  • F. Scott Fitzgerald Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end.
    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    American writer (1896 - 1940)
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  • Lord George Byron Switzerland is a curst, selfish, swinish country of brutes, placed in the most romantic region of the world.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Barbara Demick Televisions and radios are locked on government frequencies - it is a serious crime to listen to a foreign broadcast. As a result, North Koreans think that they live in the best country in the world and that, as difficult as their lives may be, everybody else has it much worse.
    Barbara Demick
    American journalist
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  • Joan Rivers Thank God we're living in a country where the sky's the limit, the stores are open late and you can shop in bed thanks to television.
    Joan Rivers
    American stand-up comedian, actress, writer and producer (1933 - 2014)
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  • Charles Kuralt Thanks to the interstate highway system, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.
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  • Britney Spears That driving incident, I did it with my dad. I'd sit on his lap and I drive. We're country.
    MSNBC interview (2006)
    Britney Spears
    American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress (1981 - )
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  • Ben Harper The advice I have for new artists is this - write great songs and play them live as often as possible. Get residencies all over town and crush it.
    Ben Harper
    American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1969 - )
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  • Bob Menendez The answer dictates what the policy should be in our relationships with every country in the world.
    Bob Menendez
    American politician (1954 - )
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  • Napoleon III The army is the true nobility of our country.
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  • Bhumibol Adulyadej The attainment of the present status of Thailand has to depend on the ability or the actions of all the inhabitants of the country.
    Bhumibol Adulyadej
    Thai King (1927 - 2016)
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  • Buzz Osborne The band that changed my life was The Who. It's hard to pick just one album, but if I had to pick the one that really showed me how things could be done, it's 'The Who Sell Out.' They really went to town on that, doing something that no one had ever done before.
    Buzz Osborne
    American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter (1964 - )
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  • I. F. Stone The biggest difference between ancient Rome and the USA is that in Rome the common man was treated like a dog. In America he sets the tone. This is the first country where the common man could stand erect.
    I. F. Stone
    American journalist and writer (1907 - 1989)
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  • Prince Philip The biggest waste of water in the country is when you spend half a pint and flush two gallons.
    Prince Philip
    British prince, husband of Queen Elizabeth II (1921 - 2021)
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  • Benjamin Todd Jealous The black community has been the foundation of the progressive community in this country for a long time.
    Benjamin Todd Jealous
    American civic leader and politician (1973 - )
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  • Andrew Jackson The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.
    Andrew Jackson
    American president (7th) (1767 - 1845)
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  • Calvin Coolidge The business of the country is business.
    Calvin Coolidge
    American president (1872 - 1933)
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