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Rural Quotes

Offhand, the only North American writers I can think of who have come from a background of rural poverty and gone on to write about it have been Negroes Picture Quote #1

I grew up in rural Tennessee. There were no bookstores in the town, but the school had a little library and the town had a little library, each with a patient and enthusiastic librarian, and I raced into both as if they were doorways to another world Picture Quote #1

I’ve been watching RFD-TV for a few years. As a person who lives mostly in the country, I appreciate a network that shows the many facets of rural life Picture Quote #1

Yes, many people in rural parts of India are very orthodox and have arranged marriages. But I won’t - I want to fall madly in love with someone and be whisked off my feet Picture Quote #1

I’m a contemporary artist with a bit of an unexpected background. I was in my 20s before I ever went to an art museum. I grew up in the middle of nowhere on a dirt road in rural Arkansas, an hour from the nearest movie theater Picture Quote #1

I need to be working with the art world in N.Y.C. as much as I need to be working in my studios in Chicago and rural Wisconsin Picture Quote #1

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My writing is called exotic or avant-garde because I write about rural places. Has it really come to this, that if you write about the country you are avant-garde? How did this happen? Modern agriculture and spaces are still so relevant Picture Quote #1

I don’t have any extraordinary gifts. I’m just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama Picture Quote #1

Even to build a vote bank, you need to tackle the problems people face. Rural jobs that stop migration to cities, road networks for better connectivity, and a sense of security get people to vote for you Picture Quote #1

I want people to be excited about cooling towers and megasheds; they’re as much part of our history as the rural barn Picture Quote #1

I feel that there’s a certain danger in always being in a lovely rural setting. You can lose touch Picture Quote #1

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep Picture Quote #1

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My father was a creature of the archaic world, really. He would have been entirely at home in a Gaelic hill-fort. His side of the family, and the houses I associate with his side of the family, belonged to a traditional rural Ireland Picture Quote #1

Globalization is exposing new fault lines - between urban and rural communities, for example Picture Quote #1

I think my songs are singing to the rural heart. It’s not whether you’re from a big city or the middle of nowhere in a small town Picture Quote #1

My parents were born in Norfolk and spent their early years working in the big houses of that rural English county, my mother as a cook and my father as a handyman and chauffeur Picture Quote #1

I wanted to write about the experiences of the poor and the black and the rural people of the South Picture Quote #1

I’ve been kinda fascinated by misfits, outcasts, and downtrodden people. I’ve identified with them. ‘Blade Runner’ probably got me more work than any. It convinced some producers that I could play something other than a rural crazy, I guess Picture Quote #1

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My father, Cecil Banks Mullis, and mother, formerly Bernice Alberta Barker, grew up in rural North Carolina in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. My dad’s family had a general store, which I never saw. My grandparents on his side had already died before I started noticing things Picture Quote #1

Over the years, I’ve lived in a variety of places, including America, but I was born and raised in the Lake District, in Cumbria. Growing up in that rural, sodden, mountainous county has shaped my brain, perhaps even my temperament Picture Quote #1

The people I admire unreservedly are my parents. They are the real pioneers of Africa in many ways. They were born and raised in rural Africa during the colonial period. They are the ones who came to the U.S. long before I did Picture Quote #1

Where people are using phones in rural areas their risk of brain cancer is higher than in urban areas Picture Quote #1

I realized how far-reaching the effect of hip hop was when I walked by a jewelry store named Bling in a small, rural town in France. Hip hop has made a huge impact on urban culture. Yet many brands still don’t speak to young people in a tone and manner that’s representative of them Picture Quote #1

Bloom County was set in a tidy, rural environment probably because of Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’ Picture Quote #1

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There was an insurgency under President Hosni Mubarak in the 1990s. Egyptian police and soldiers fought weekly battles with Islamists in the sugarcane fields and thick reeds along the Nile in rural southern villages like Minya, Sohag, Enna and Assiout Picture Quote #1

Life’s a car ride...Sometimes it’s cruise control down smooth highways. Other times it’s potholes on rural roads Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I don’t much care whether rural Anatolians or Istanbul secularists take power. I’m not close to any of them. What I care about is respect for the individual Picture Quote #1

Urbanization is not about simply increasing the number of urban residents or expanding the area of cities. More importantly, it’s about a complete change from rural to urban style in terms of industry structure, employment, living environment and social security Picture Quote #1

Women with minimal access to resources and no access to child care have limited choices that too often mean low-wage and part-time labor. In rural communities in the developing world, when women farmers have unequal access to fertilizers or training, their farm productivity lags behind men Picture Quote #1

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Offhand, the only North American writers I can think of who have come from a background of rural poverty and gone on to write about it have been Negroes. (Rural Quotes) I grew up in rural Tennessee. There were no bookstores in the town, but the school had a little library and the town had a little library, each with a patient and enthusiastic librarian, and I raced into both as if they were doorways to another world. (Rural Quotes) I’ve been watching RFD-TV for a few years. As a person who lives mostly in the country, I appreciate a network that shows the many facets of rural life. (Rural Quotes) Yes, many people in rural parts of India are very orthodox and have arranged marriages. But I won’t - I want to fall madly in love with someone and be whisked off my feet. (Rural Quotes) I’m a contemporary artist with a bit of an unexpected background. I was in my 20s before I ever went to an art museum. I grew up in the middle of nowhere on a dirt road in rural Arkansas, an hour from the nearest movie theater. (Rural Quotes) I need to be working with the art world in N.Y.C. as much as I need to be working in my studios in Chicago and rural Wisconsin. (Rural Quotes) My writing is called exotic or avant-garde because I write about rural places. Has it really come to this, that if you write about the country you are avant-garde? How did this happen? Modern agriculture and spaces are still so relevant. (Rural Quotes) I don’t have any extraordinary gifts. I’m just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama. (Rural Quotes) Even to build a vote bank, you need to tackle the problems people face. Rural jobs that stop migration to cities, road networks for better connectivity, and a sense of security get people to vote for you. (Rural Quotes) I want people to be excited about cooling towers and megasheds; they’re as much part of our history as the rural barn. (Rural Quotes) I feel that there’s a certain danger in always being in a lovely rural setting. You can lose touch. (Rural Quotes) Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. (Rural Quotes) My father was a creature of the archaic world, really. He would have been entirely at home in a Gaelic hill-fort. His side of the family, and the houses I associate with his side of the family, belonged to a traditional rural Ireland. (Rural Quotes) Globalization is exposing new fault lines - between urban and rural communities, for example (Rural Quotes) I think my songs are singing to the rural heart. It’s not whether you’re from a big city or the middle of nowhere in a small town. (Rural Quotes) My parents were born in Norfolk and spent their early years working in the big houses of that rural English county, my mother as a cook and my father as a handyman and chauffeur. (Rural Quotes) I wanted to write about the experiences of the poor and the black and the rural people of the South. (Rural Quotes) I’ve been kinda fascinated by misfits, outcasts, and downtrodden people. I’ve identified with them. ‘Blade Runner’ probably got me more work than any. It convinced some producers that I could play something other than a rural crazy, I guess. (Rural Quotes) My father, Cecil Banks Mullis, and mother, formerly Bernice Alberta Barker, grew up in rural North Carolina in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. My dad’s family had a general store, which I never saw. My grandparents on his side had already died before I started noticing things. (Rural Quotes) Over the years, I’ve lived in a variety of places, including America, but I was born and raised in the Lake District, in Cumbria. Growing up in that rural, sodden, mountainous county has shaped my brain, perhaps even my temperament. (Rural Quotes) The people I admire unreservedly are my parents. They are the real pioneers of Africa in many ways. They were born and raised in rural Africa during the colonial period. They are the ones who came to the U.S. long before I did. (Rural Quotes) Where people are using phones in rural areas their risk of brain cancer is higher than in urban areas. (Rural Quotes) I realized how far-reaching the effect of hip hop was when I walked by a jewelry store named Bling in a small, rural town in France. Hip hop has made a huge impact on urban culture. Yet many brands still don’t speak to young people in a tone and manner that’s representative of them. (Rural Quotes) Bloom County was set in a tidy, rural environment probably because of Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’ (Rural Quotes) There was an insurgency under President Hosni Mubarak in the 1990s. Egyptian police and soldiers fought weekly battles with Islamists in the sugarcane fields and thick reeds along the Nile in rural southern villages like Minya, Sohag, Enna and Assiout. (Rural Quotes) Life’s a car ride...Sometimes it’s cruise control down smooth highways. Other times it’s potholes on rural roads. (Rural Quotes) 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. (Rural Quotes) I don’t much care whether rural Anatolians or Istanbul secularists take power. I’m not close to any of them. What I care about is respect for the individual. (Rural Quotes) Urbanization is not about simply increasing the number of urban residents or expanding the area of cities. More importantly, it’s about a complete change from rural to urban style in terms of industry structure, employment, living environment and social security. (Rural Quotes) Women with minimal access to resources and no access to child care have limited choices that too often mean low-wage and part-time labor. In rural communities in the developing world, when women farmers have unequal access to fertilizers or training, their farm productivity lags behind men. (Rural Quotes)

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