"The bottom line is that we have entered an age when local communities need to invest in themselves. Federal and state dollars are becoming more and more scarce for American cities. Political and civic leaders in local communities need to make a compelling case for this investment."

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Source : "The Wrath Of Grapes: Oklahoma City MAPS Its Future" by Mick Cornett, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 29, 2012.

Mick Cornett

#Cities Quotes #Community Quotes #Leader Quotes

“Ya know, Hitler was this evil, evil man. But with the World Bank and Israel manipulating America, he might have been on to something...”
“Love Poem Ù€Ù€Ù€Ù€Ù€Ù€Ù€Ù€Ù€ It's so nice to wake up in the morning all alone and not have to tell somebody you love them when you don't love them any more.”
“I like to do things quickly because I'm easily bored.”
“You can't save a person who doesn't want to be saved. It was like Mr. Eddie always told the new gardeners: Everybody's got to kill their own snakes.”
“I'm a big fan of being able to hold those long shots and use space. I don't know, I think everything's so quick cut these days, as if films are too afraid that the audience is going to get bored instead of relaxing and trusting their work.”
“And without understanding, could each properly love the other?”
“I stayed under the moon too long.I am silvered with lust.Dreams flick like minnows through my eyes.My voice is trees tossing in the wind.I loose myself like a flock of blackbirdsstorming into your face.My lightest touch leaves blue prints,bruises on your mind.Desire sandpapers your skinso thin I read the veins and arteriesmaps of routes I will traveltill I lodge in your spine.The night is our fur.We curl inside it licking.”
“A saint has to be a misfit. A person who embodies what his culture considers typical or normal cannot be exemplary.”

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