Quotes with rural

  • 'The Talk-Funny Girl' opens with a glum picture of a desperately poor rural New England family. Poverty has so brutalized the family that the ordinary laws and rules governing humanity have eroded, turning systems of behavior upside down.
  • Bloom County was set in a tidy, rural environment probably because of Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird.'

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  • John Adams As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children
    John Adams
    President of the USA (2nd) (1735 - 1826)
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  • Carolyn See 'The Talk-Funny Girl' opens with a glum picture of a desperately poor rural New England family. Poverty has so brutalized the family that the ordinary laws and rules governing humanity have eroded, turning systems of behavior upside down.
    Carolyn See
    American writer (1934 - 2016)
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  • Blanche Lincoln A common misconception is that the costs of health care are cheaper in rural America, when in fact the reality is that they are more expensive and more difficult to access.
    Blanche Lincoln
    American politician and lawyer (1960 - )
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  • Berkeley Breathed Bloom County was set in a tidy, rural environment probably because of Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird.'
    Berkeley Breathed
    American cartoonist, director and screenwriter (1957 - )
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  • Alan Dundes Cities all over the world are getting bigger as more and more people move from rural to urban sites, but that has created enormous problems with respect to environmental pollution and the general quality of life.
    Alan Dundes
    American folklorist
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  • Ban Ki-moon Globalization is exposing new fault lines - between urban and rural communities, for example.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Bennie Thompson History suggests that attempts to privatize Medicare by relying on private companies to offer Medicare benefits in rural America simply will not work.
    Bennie Thompson
    American politician (1948 - )
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  • Beilby Porteus In sober state,
    Through the sequestered vale of rural life,
    The venerable patriarch guileless held
    The tenor of his way.
    Death: A Poetical Essay
    Beilby Porteus
    English Bishop and reformer (1731 - 1809)
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  • Bernie Sanders Low-income people, racial or ethnic minorities, pregnant women, seniors, people with special needs, people in rural areas - they all have a much harder time accessing a dentist than other groups of Americans.
    Bernie Sanders
    American politician (1941 - )
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  • Bennie Thompson Medicare debates in Congress should result in better Medicare benefits for all our nation's seniors. We're not asking for special treatment for rural America, just a fair deal.
    Bennie Thompson
    American politician (1948 - )
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  • Bill Vaughan My father asserted that there was no better place to bring up a family than in a rural environment.... There's something about getting up at 5 a.m., feeding the stock and chickens, and milking a couple of cows before breakfast that gives you a lifelong respect for the price of butter and eggs.
    Bill Vaughan
    American columnist and author (1915 - 1977)
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  • Burt Shavitz My life is the land, the dogs, the car, the motorcycle, the pond, the canoe, going to pick up mail. It's just a rural retreat that I enjoy.
    Burt Shavitz
    American beekeeper and businessman (1935 - 2015)
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  • Anthony Trollope Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable.
    Anthony Trollope
    British writer (1815 - 1882)
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  • Bennie Thompson Rather than squander the surplus on tax breaks for the rich, we should add a prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program, shore up Social Security, fortify our defense, provide a quality public education and offer economic assistance to rural areas.
    Bennie Thompson
    American politician (1948 - )
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  • Bill Pullman Rural towns aren't always idyllic. It's easy to feel trapped and be aware of social hypocrisy.
    Bill Pullman
    American actor (1953 - )
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  • Barbara Kingsolver The older I get, the more I appreciate my rural childhood. I spent a lot of time outdoors, unsupervised, which is a blessing.
    Barbara Kingsolver
    American novelist, essayist and poet (1955 - )
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  • Beilby Porteus Through the sequester'd vale of rural life The venerable patriarch guileless held The tenor of his way.
    Beilby Porteus
    English Bishop and reformer (1731 - 1809)
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