"Because they [Americans] want to be thought of as a rich nation, they are very ashamed of this place [Appalachia] that has come to represent poverty, even though poverty exists all over the country, and exists as much in urban areas as it does in rural, if not more."

-- Silas House

#Country Quotes #Want Quotes #Poverty Quotes

“We have an extreme rightwing government in this country, although it's called the Labour government.”
“There is a wealth of unexpressed love in the world. It is one of the chief causes of sorrow evoked by death: what might have been said or might have been done that never can be said or done.”
“I have just accepted the invitation of Her Majesty The Queen to form a Government. This will be a new Government with new priorities and I have been privileged to have been granted the great opportunity to serve my country and at all times I will be strong in purpose, steadfast in will, resolute in action in the service of what matters to the British people, meeting the concerns and aspirations of our whole country.”
“Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pcanet, and other powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before the avarice and oppression of the white man, as snow before the summer sun.”
“Business will be either better or worse.”
“The lead car is unique, except for the one behind it which is identical.”
“A designer can mull over complicated designs for months. Then suddenly the simple, elegant, beautiful solution occurs to him. When it happens to you, it feels as if God is talking! And maybe He is.”

Source : Leo Frankowski (2004). “Conrad Stargard: The Radiant Warrior”, p.155, Baen Publishing Enterprises
“I was a manic and eccentric kid. In my head I was very busy, so I must have seemed weird.”

Source : "This much I know: Dave Stewart". Interview with Megan Conner, www.theguardian.com. August 11, 2012.

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