Quotes with country-town

Quotes 621 till 640 of 817.

  • Sir Humphry Davy The wealth and prosperity of the country are only the comeliness of the body, the fullness of the flesh and fat; but the spirit is independent of them; it requires only muscle, bone and nerve for the true exercise of its functions. We cannot lose our liberty, because we cannot cease to think.
    Sir Humphry Davy
    British chemist and inventor
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  • Barbara Boxer The White House has embarked on a mission to convince the people of our country that Social Security is in dire need of drastic change in order to save it for all workers.
    Barbara Boxer
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Chief Seattle The white man's dead forget the country of their birth when they go to walk among the stars. Our dead never forget this beautiful earth, for it is the mother of the red man.
    Chief Seattle
    Suquamish Tribe chief (1786 - 1866)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Billy Joel The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.
    Billy Joel
    American singer-songwriter and pianist (1949 - )
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  • Bhumibol Adulyadej The will to work of everyone in the country is the best guarantee of national survival.
    Bhumibol Adulyadej
    Thai King (1927 - 2016)
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  • Barbara Mikulski The women of the Senate are like the U.S. Olympic team: we come in different sizes, but we sure are united in our determination to do the best for our country!
    Barbara Mikulski
    American politician (1936 - )
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  • Brenda Lee The word matters in country music, and it always has. And everybody had lived those words in country songs.
    Brenda Lee
    American singer (1944 - )
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  • Lord Chesterfield The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Thomas Paine The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.
    Thomas Paine
    English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theor (1737 - 1809)
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  • Samuel Johnson Their learning is like bread in a besieged town: every man gets a little, but no man gets a full meal.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Bobby McFerrin Then I left that school and I went to Cerritos College, which was in southern California; they had one of the best big band programs in the country at the time.
    Bobby McFerrin
    American jazz vocalist (1950 - )
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  • Will Rogers There ain't nothing that breaks up homes, country, and nations like somebody publishing their memoirs.
    Will Rogers
    American actor and humorist (1879 - 1935)
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  • Bill Maris There are a number of start-ups in Europe that are able to reach beyond their own country. Take Spotify - Spotify just in Sweden isn't that interesting compared to Spotify all over the world.
    Bill Maris
    American entrepreneur and venture capitalist
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  • Carol Moseley Braun There are a number of steps that we can take to reinvigorate and rebuild the economic and the physical infrastructure of our country and then to rebuild us, frankly, on a spiritual level.
    Carol Moseley Braun
    American diplomat, politician, and lawyer (1947 - )
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  • Franklin Pierce Adams There are plenty of good five cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter.
    Franklin Pierce Adams
    American columnist, well known by his initials F.P.A., and wit (1881 - 1960)
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  • Thomas Moore There are several sorts of religions, not only in different parts of the island, but even in every town; some worshipping the sun, others the moon or one of the planets.
    Thomas Moore
    Irish poet (1779 - 1852)
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  • Brandon Routh There are things about growing up in a small town that you can't necessarily quantify.
    Brandon Routh
    American actor (1979 - )
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  • Cam Newton There are three or four places in the country where people think of fashion: One is L.A., obviously. Another is New York. And I think Atlanta has to be in the top five cities where fashion is very big.
    Cam Newton
    American football player (1989 - )
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  • Armstrong Williams There are two sayings that are familiar in every news room across the country: 1) sex sells; 2) if it bleeds it leads.
    Armstrong Williams
    American political commentator, entrepreneur and author (1962 - )
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