Quotes of Locality - somelinesforyou

“ By listening to his language of his locality the poet begins to learn his craft. It is his function to lift, by use of imagination and the language he hears, the material conditions and appearances of his environment to the sphere of the intelligence where they will have new currency. ”

- William Carlos Williams

“ Extension work is not exhortation. Nor is it exploitation of the people, or advertising of an institution, or publicity work for securing students. It is a plain, earnest, and continuous effort to meet the needs of the people on their own farms and in the localities. ”

- Liberty Hyde Bailey

“ You can't, in good conscience, ask volunteers to quickly do a major Web site overhaul and then ask them to consistently meet the large weekly demand for agenda, minutes, calendar and other updates,... Municipalities invariably take over responsibility for their Web sites once the Web sites become larger. ”

- John Ritter

“ When I was a kid in the 60s, believe it or not, most of you are younger and don't know that, but it was a blast to fly! You dressed up, you got in your Sunday best, women wore white gloves, you had room to stretch your legs out, you had a very nice meal, the stewardess paid particular attention to you… ”

- John Travolta

“ When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain neighborhoods because of the color of our skin Now the neighborhoods are the neighborhoods of ideas, youre not supposed to be there because of the color of your skin. ”

- Clarence Thomas
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