Rural Quotes

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It means that each of the 58 counties in California would see a significant reduction in the funds available for mass transit and in rural areas for streets and roads.

- Brian Taylor

The other day I was walking down the street in the rural town where we live (in France) and a truck hit me, rather hard, going fairly fast. And he starts to drive off, so I chase after him, reach in the window and grab his steering wheel. And I say, `Normally, in a civilized society, when we hit someone with a truck, we might inquire as to their well being.` So he said, `I`m sorry,` and I said, `Great. Try and be a little more careful and that would be fantastic, and so sorry to have troubled you.` I walk another 30 meters and he pulls up beside me a second time -- and asks me if he can have an autograph.

- John Malkovich

We must do all we can to reduce congestion in our urban areas and increase access and mobility in our rural areas, and this extra funding will help us get there.

- John Warner

I don`t know if it matters what country you`re from, size of the city you`re from, urban or rural, there are people that are hurting each other everywhere.

- Judd Nelson

I grew up in northern Sweden in a very small village and this is exactly the same. It`s very strange. It`s two hundred small villages linked together. Living here as compared to living in Tokyo, where I lived, or in London or New York, this is so much more like living in the country. You go to bed early and you get up early, even if you`re not working. You get up early with the sun and go to bed with the sun. That is much more rural kind of living and it suits me so much better than New York. - On Los Angeles.

- Peter Stormare

I took it upon myself to paint a better picture of rural life and what it is all about.

- Bubba Sparxxx

Well not really to get attention, but to entertain, but you know to show some elements of rural life as well, it kind of blended all in, its kind of like a mockery in a sense, kind of stab back at people that have those stereotypical ideas of the south.

- Bubba Sparxxx

On preparing for her role in Water (2005): "Deepa gave us all plenty to read about the state of widows, not only in the 1930s but also today. But I also knew I had to something more. I decided to go to India, and look at how the widows lived in rural areas. I even went to Varanasi. I went there pretending to be a tourist. I even had my camera! I went to the widows` homes, went to temples, heard widows sing the Radha-Krishna bhajans, and watched them for hours. I followed their body language. I was adding (from the observations) what I had read about them and from the memory of widows in my own family." (10 May 2006)

- LisaRaye

They wanted to make her less rural, less of a cartoon. Not that Southern woman are cartoonish - they`re the strongest women in this country, but with Val they wanted to take the stereotypical things out.

- Joan Van Ark

I enjoyed doing the television pieces and they were lovely people to work with. It was a bit nerve-wracking but I made it in the end. Various rural groups have asked me to go along and talk to them but that`s not really for me.

- Betty Anderson

And so I love films that are kind of rural in atmosphere. And you know, it`s just a nice place to be day after day. All be it, it can be hard, it can be hard work. You can get hot.

- Keith Carradine

It is also a testament to the role that Ireland and its citizens have played towards combating world hunger, poverty and under-development in agriculture and rural development,

- Ronan Keating

Sibley was a representative of rural Pennsylvania with roots deep in the local soil. His innovative techniques on his farm along the Allegheny River gained worldwide attention. This is a man who had a significant amount of influence from our area.

- Jack Baker

They are the group that has the most money, that has the most health insurance coverage and has the best ... care. The very urban and the very rural tend to face somewhat of the same issues.

- Lisa Davis

And I was lucky enough to have teachers that really, really looked out for me and really encouraged all that. And in rural Louisiana, that was a rare thing back then.

- William Joyce

(Telabria has been driven to build the network by local authorities, keen to respond to the needs of businesses in the area.) Our biggest allies are the local development offices and councils, ... They`re the people who get the flak from the business people who are attracted to Kent because it`s more rural and less stressful than the city, but if they can`t get metropolitan-quality communications, they`re going to think about it.

- Jim Baker

Do you really think a group of kids from rural Virginia decided to do this on their own? Decided that the best way to embarrass Arabs and make them talk was to have them walk around nude?

- Gary Myers

Counties are rural, or should be rural. Cities are urban, and the attention should be different.

- Gary Price

It`s an aggressive slate of projects this year. Our construction focus is comprehensive, including industrial, downtown and rural areas.

- Robert Russell

Democrats in tough districts and in rural parts of the country were distancing themselves from Bill Clinton by the beginning of 1994.

- Ed Gillespie

Without Manatee Rural Health, we could not make this work.

- Brian Flynn

He was driving up the little creek toward Rural Ridge when he got stuck again,

- William Bailey

They hope to have everybody back on by the end of this week, but realistically, some of the rural areas may be into next week.

- Jennifer Gordon

Rural communities can just be devastated,

- Randy Harris

What we are doing now with our trucks and our food is bypassing the cities and taking them straight to nongovernmental organizations, who will distribute the food to people in the rural areas.

- Heather Hill

Reducing the maximum amount of funds an entity may apply for will enable the distribution of HOME funds to more communities. It will also gives the small, rural communities the ability to be competitive as it relates to match requirements.

- Jorge Reyes

When I think of Colonel Crawford it reminds me a lot of the district I grew up in, a rural district that has had success, and what my brother has been able to establish in four years at Western Reserve. It will take some time, but I think our kids are going to buy into our philosophy. I know it`s the right fit.

- David Sheldon

It`s more of a mindset than anything. Rural means people willing to help one another.

- Fred Smith

Many rural telecommunications companies provide the only broadband network connection to rural consumers. New services, such as voice over Internet protocol, can`t reach rural consumers without riding a rural broadband network.

- Robert Williams

The county wants to keep it as rural as possible. There`s no way the rural tier could support all that growth. There`s not enough infrastructure and there`s not even public water or sewer in most of the area.

- Jackie Brown

anti-Detroit to start first in rural areas.

- Kwame Kilpatrick

While I agree that all emergency personnel should be highly trained, this is simply beyond the scope of what we can do in rural communities.

- Kent Conrad

History suggests that attempts to privatize Medicare by relying on private companies to offer Medicare benefits in rural America simply will not work.

- Al Nigrin

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.

- Al Nigrin

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.

- Al Nigrin

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.

- Al Vasquez

Strengthening local airports in Iowa is important for economic development and improving the quality of life our rural areas and urban communities.

- Alan Klein

Programs that pay farmers not to farm often devastate rural areas. The reductions hurt everyone from fertilizer companies to tractor salesmen.

- Alan Turner

Democrats have laid out a program that, if adopted, would make us independent of Middle Eastern oil in ten years, and create a new economy especially for those in rural America. Our program invests in clean energy alternatives and provides energy assistance for those in need.

- Alice Abrams

For example in the rural areas, our judgement is that virtually the whole farming community is part of the South African Defence Force.

- Alice Paul

But, also, before I even go on the Medicare prescription drug debate, I always tell the folks in rural Illinois, and I represent 30 counties south of Springfield down to Indiana and Kentucky, that in this bill is the best rural package for hospitals ever passed.

- Allan Cribbins

Meth is a major problem not only in our urban areas, but in most of the rural areas of Colorado. No region has been immune from this scourge and it is getting larger.

- Allen Okamoto

For this reason, it is essential that our Nation`s rural transportation professionals be provided with the necessary tools and support to promote and showcase the value, benefits, and accomplishments of rural transportation planning and development.

- Allenstown Capt. Shaun Mulholland

Investing in our rural roadways and bridges is more than just investing in concrete and steel; it is also an investment in our future.

- Allenstown Capt. Shaun Mulholland

It is common for rural hospitals and nursing homes to operate as a single unit in order to take advantage of savings related to cost-sharing of some services and staff.

- Anabella Hedman

My district includes the two urban centers of Charlotte and Fayetteville, as well as large rural areas. Obviously, these diverse segments of North Carolina require different approaches to meeting current and future transportation demands.

- Andre Caminada

Furthermore, I represent a rural district where agriculture plays an important role in the economy and the life of many of its citizens.

- Andre Heard

Many health care providers, particularly physicians in rural and urban areas, are leaving the Government programs because of inadequate reimbursement rates.

- Andre Johnson

Under Modi`s leadership, Gujarat will be able to achieve rural development in a manner in which it has not been achieved previously in India.

- Andrew Velazquez

(Some farmers are relocated. Others join the ranks of an estimated 150 million migrant workers drawn to the booming cities in search of jobs. Because of China`s restrictive household registration system, which prohibits rural inhabitants from moving to the cities, they are forced to work illegally, earning pennies an hour and without access to social services. While the migration is good for China`s overly rural economy, another 150 million peasants, lured by the promise of a better life, are expected to move to urban centres in the next decade.) China concerns me a lot because of the massive unemployment, ... I see enough people wandering the streets as it is. If they can`t keep this drive of construction and development, what are these people going to do? You just have to think about that. The Chinese are incredibly strong, they can take a lot more than any Canadian ever could. But I think there`s a limit to all that, too.

- Andy Osborn