Regional Quotes

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Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other regional languages in India, be it Tamil or Bengali. Those experiences too are different from the ones in Bombay.

- Aishwarya Rai

It wasn`t exactly a mistake, but if there`s anything I regret, it`s probably having disguised my own native accent. Actors of my generation all tended to speak RP (received pronunciation). Of course, it`s all different now and drama students are encouraged to keep their regional accents and be able to do RP when required. Even at the BBC these days there`s no standardised accent, and I rather think that`s a good thing.

- Ian McKellen

I am a lucky regional theater actor who happened to get a good role.

- James Marsters

The situation in Iraq is dangerous but the regional situation is also very complicated and precarious.

- Joschka Fischer

I think ethnic and regional labels are insulting to writers and really put restrictions on them. People don`t think your work is quite as universal.

- James Welch

We have Dick to thank for adding the word `regionalism` to our vocabulary. During his 12-year tenure with the Chamber, he has been a powerful voice for regional cooperation and collaboration with outstanding results. His accomplishments are numerous, but this will almost certainly be his lasting legacy to our region.

- Dennis Archer

It will provide us independence from the grid, from regional pricing.

- James Bradley

I`m all for it. In these days, regional marketing is the only way to survive.

- John Howard

(Disbanding the Spokane County Regional Support Network) would be extremely disappointing from my perspective, ... The county needs to be a partner.

- Lisa Brown

Before this people thought you needed much larger events to create regional cooling. But this particle size, it looks like smaller events can create those effects.

- Peter Brown

We`re definitely going to have our work cut out for us. (Corpus Christi) King, the defending district champ, is still pretty good and Miller is up and coming so simply put, we are going to have to take care of business if we want to get to regional.

- Ben Johnson

('¢ Smaller jets. The number of flights is increasing mainly because airlines are replacing large planes with smaller ones. Flying regional jets saves money and lets airlines offer more frequency on routes, but) you now have 10 planes doing what eight could do, ... That tends to exacerbate delays.

- Michael Ball

Whether it`s the courts or regional offices of executive agencies, members of Congress want some control over how things are done in their states or districts. As long as they have some influence over the picks, they like the patronage system.

- David Lewis

Development in this county is always going to be an issue. Until development and zoning are handled on a regional basis, rather than each municipality left to its own devices, we will suffer from developers having the upper hand in suits and in front of zoning boards.

- John Murray

They (Vanguard) have national experience, but they also have a regional outlook on how to do things.

- Michael Mitchell

Some people want to call me an Appalachian writer, even though I know some people use regional labels to belittle.

- Robert Morgan

Hopefully we can bring in an IBM, or another big company`s western regional conference, or some major trade associations,

- Tom Davis

Then the administration tied it in to the regional dispute between Israel and its enemies, as if that`s about international terrorism. No, it`s not.

- Chris Matthews

If Island Heights votes to join us in the study, it will join us in the potential tax savings. If they don`t, and we pursue withdrawal, it could cost Island Heights taxpayers even more money to send children to Central Regional.

- David Meyer

I believe that States should be credited for their non-Federal investment in revenue-generating transportation facilities to address their regional transportation needs.

- Michael Burgess

We look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship with Grant Thornton, which has a strong national reputation and a regional structure and capability that`s well suited for a public company of our size and needs.

- Bruce Davis

You`ve seen several commercial banks make acquisitions of smaller regional brokerage firms this year, and all of them believe quite sincerely that they are going to grow revenues as a result and gain market share because they now offer one-stop comprehensive financing for their customers. At the same time I don`t think Merrill Lynch is planning to lose any business.

- David Berry

This is a tremendous lift for us going into our regional schedule. The biggest difference tonight was to cut down on the turnovers and our defense stopped them enough times to help us win.

- Dan Davis

We took a national perspective, not a regional perspective, ... We proposed what was best for the national defense.

- Michael Wynne

Coming into this year nobody was really looking at us as a good team. I feel good about this team. It`s just we`re really untested as far as going into a big match like a conference or regional (tournament) besides Blake and Ted.

- Mike McDonald

These grants support the tremendous work being done by our state`s regional associations on behalf of California wine,

- Robert Koch

but now everybody has local, regional and national acts.

- Doug Hall

We had our chances. The girls never quit and I`m proud of them. It was a good girls regional.

- Gary Robinson

It`s worth it, ... You`re going to pay for it over 30 years, and I think it`s an important regional improvement.

- David Snyder

When you look at the big events ... small local groups don`t function on their own, ... It has to be a regional approach. Communication becomes critical to that, because if you can`t talk, you can`t cooperate.

- Dan Jones

Mr. Speaker, Delaware River`s regional ports handle approximately 58 million tons of cargo yearly.

- Robert Brady

The Drive for Diversity program has proven very beneficial for Kodak, which has a strong corporate commitment to diversity and inclusion. Joe Henderson III has been an excellent competitor and a fine ambassador of our brand. Our participation in this program helps us connect with regional racing fans, and dovetails with our participation in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup racing. We look forward to continuing our participation in Drive for Diversity.

- Greg Walker

All have become regional leaders. It`s a great tie-in. It`s been proven time and again that NASCAR fans are extremely loyal to the sponsors of their sport. So this makes sense from every angle.

- Rick Hendrick

It`s also true, however, that having conquered the regional writer ghetto, I am now intent on conquering the nationalist writer ghetto and moving out into the world more.

- Rick Moody

The future just got brighter for Atlantic City International Airport and the travelers it serves. This new service, connecting Atlantic City to the world`s largest airport, offers greater accessibility for travelers to our exciting regional destinations and excellent connectivity for our outbound market.

- Frank Spencer

I was on leave from local and regional politics, as long as I was a Minister.

- Emma Bonino

I was elected to the Parliament. I have kept my position as a politician in the Regional Parliament, where I am President of the Committee of Health.

- Emma Bonino

We have in this country a federal government that increasingly is engaged in trying to determine which business, which regions, which industries will succeed, which will not through a whole range of economic development, regional development corporate subsidization programs.

- Stephen Harper

I was the one that brought it in, but not only for the north-east, for every area so we can develop all the regional economies, lift up the national productivity, get greater wealth and share it more evenly.

- John Prescott

In a sense, what we do with the regional development agencies is to give them resources to look at the deficiencies in the economy in the regional areas, so they can address themselves to that.

- John Prescott

We`ve given more resources. On housing, we are now establishing a regional housing pot.

- John Prescott

The presence of progressive governments can facilitate the coordination of policies among some of them, but as president, I will work with all regional democratic leaders.

- Michelle Bachelet

We desire an expansion of relations with regional states and the establishment of extensive public contacts.

- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

We were not going to liberate, release those terrorists because of our law and because of our national security and also the regional security.

- Aidan O'Rourke

So I think that is one of the reasons we can face some regional problems, which are very difficult, very dramatic and is necessary to have instruments to solve these problems. NATO is such instrument.

- Aileen Earnest

Regional exchange can be a source of growth and development, and of enhancing good governance.

- Akitsugu Bando

We must focus much more on developing countries` own policies and priorities, and increase policy and operational coherence between national, regional and multilateral actors.

- Akitsugu Bando

California has set up regional collection offices around the world, staffed by California employees, specifically for out of state California businesses to collect the money and bring it back to California.

- Alan McDonald

Preemption is the right of any nation in order to preserve its National Security; however, preemptive war is a tactic, not a strategy. When used as a strategy preemption dilutes diplomacy, creates an atmosphere of distrust, and promotes regional instability.

- Albro Lundy III

India is a regional power. It does not need anything to establish it.

- Alex Henderson