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Village Quotes

I would just as soon have abused the old village church at home for not being a cathedral Picture Quote #1

Democracy cannot be a plaything for the capital cities. It has to infiltrate every nook and cranny in the country, including the village Picture Quote #1

As the years passed in my village, I witnessed poorly educated young men leaving to seek the greater comforts and liberations of big cities. I would see them on my visits to Delhi Picture Quote #1

Until the end of elementary school, I lived in a suburban area, so the type of village I used to live in is borderline between village and the city, so I’m familiar with the rustic environment Picture Quote #1

Photographer James Nachtwey has spent his professional life in the places people most want to avoid: war zones and refugee camps, the city flattened by an earthquake, the village swallowed by a flood, the farm hollowed out by famine Picture Quote #1

I grew up on the South Island of New Zealand, in a city chosen and beloved by my parents for its proximity to the mountains - Christchurch is two hours distant from the worn saddle of Arthur’s Pass, the mountain village that was and is my father’s spiritual touchstone, his chapel and cathedral in the wild Picture Quote #1

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I grew up in New York City in Greenwich Village and had parents who were somewhat bohemian so I was always on the nonconformist side of the equation Picture Quote #1

What was extraordinary about Occupy London was that it was a village with a louder voice than one of the biggest cities of the world Picture Quote #1

Yes, the small village that we live in, in Virginia, is a very interesting place, in terms of its Civil War history, because it was a town that was founded by Quakers in 1733 Picture Quote #1

My father was a coal hewer from Goldthorpe, a coal-mining village in South Yorkshire. He played for the Yorkshire second team as an opening fast bowler - to me he was a gorgeously heroic man. He helped form a union and closed down the Barnsley seam because it was seeping gas, and saved many, many lives Picture Quote #1

I am restless. I don’t mind leaving this comfortable, static life. I could live a year on my own in a remote village Picture Quote #1

When I was 5 years old, we had nothing in the village. One day, in front of my house, some soldiers in a big Cadillac started to do a picnic. I looked at them like they were coming from the moon. I remember they gave me a box of rice pudding - that, for me, was the American Dream Picture Quote #1

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Life in a Chinese village is much more organised because the Chinese Communist Party has a presence even in the remotest Chinese village - a presence of the kind that no governmental or non-governmental organisation has in Indian villages Picture Quote #1

I think when you’ve travelled around a lot in Africa, you understand something that many people here don’t recognize: the extraordinary power that is Africa at village level - at community level Picture Quote #1

I love the village in my computer. There’s little validation in the day-to-day life of a writer; sometimes we ache for a connection Picture Quote #1

The computer is my favourite invention. I feel lucky to be part of the global village. I don’t mean to brag, but I’m so fast with technology. People think it all seems too much, but we’ll get used to it. I’m sure it all seemed too much when we were learning to walk Picture Quote #1

Give up a member to save a family, a family to save a village, a village to save a country, and the country to save yourself Picture Quote #1

I can’t think of a specific meal, but my favourite country for food has got to be France. I love those restaurants in the middle of the village squares Picture Quote #1

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The village had institutionalized all human functions in forms of low intensity.... Participation was high and organization was low. This is the formula for stability Picture Quote #1

When I moved to the East Village in the late seventies, I wanted to be a street performer, so I practiced daily. I never did work up the skills or the courage to perform on the street, though Picture Quote #1

Give the villagers village arithmetic, village geography, village history and the literary knowledge that they must use daily, i.e. reading and writing letters, etc Picture Quote #1

I grew up in the East Village, in Alphabet City, when it was a very dangerous neighborhood. To survive there, I had to learn to be a little bit invisible Picture Quote #1

Samasource creates jobs in regions where more traditional forms of employment in low-income economies, such as manufacturing, are difficult to scale because of poor infrastructure. In a village in Rukka, India, for example, our small data entry partner employs over 60 people doing various types of Internet research for Samasource Picture Quote #1

Where I grew up, in a remote village at the back of a valley, the old still thought the dead needed attending to - a notion so universal, it’s enscribed in all religions. If you didn’t, they might exact revenge upon the living Picture Quote #1

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If the village worker is not a decent man or woman, conducting a decent home, he or she had better not aspire after the high privilege and honour of becoming a village worker Picture Quote #1

It is indeed fitting for me to make a comment to the effect that it takes a village to raise a child because I have lived in many villages down in deep south, and everyone there who played a part in my stewardship as a young man growing up and as a professional, they have given me unstinting support Picture Quote #1

We live now in a global village and we are in one single family. It’s our responsibility to bring friendship and love from all different places around the world and to live together in peace Picture Quote #1

In 1978, the tradition of running from village to village with a message was revived. that first run was from Davis to Los Angeles, a distance of 500 miles Picture Quote #1

The Pawnee chief had left the village the day after the doctor arrived, with 50 or 60 horses and many people, and had taken his course to the north of our route Picture Quote #1

The Smurf village was destroyed weeks ago and Bush has still not made an appearance. George Bush doesn’t care about tiny blue people Picture Quote #1

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I would just as soon have abused the old village church at home for not being a cathedral (Village Quotes) Democracy cannot be a plaything for the capital cities. It has to infiltrate every nook and cranny in the country, including the village. (Village Quotes) As the years passed in my village, I witnessed poorly educated young men leaving to seek the greater comforts and liberations of big cities. I would see them on my visits to Delhi. (Village Quotes) Until the end of elementary school, I lived in a suburban area, so the type of village I used to live in is borderline between village and the city, so I’m familiar with the rustic environment. (Village Quotes) Photographer James Nachtwey has spent his professional life in the places people most want to avoid: war zones and refugee camps, the city flattened by an earthquake, the village swallowed by a flood, the farm hollowed out by famine. (Village Quotes) I grew up on the South Island of New Zealand, in a city chosen and beloved by my parents for its proximity to the mountains - Christchurch is two hours distant from the worn saddle of Arthur’s Pass, the mountain village that was and is my father’s spiritual touchstone, his chapel and cathedral in the wild. (Village Quotes) I grew up in New York City in Greenwich Village and had parents who were somewhat bohemian so I was always on the nonconformist side of the equation. (Village Quotes) What was extraordinary about Occupy London was that it was a village with a louder voice than one of the biggest cities of the world. (Village Quotes) Yes, the small village that we live in, in Virginia, is a very interesting place, in terms of its Civil War history, because it was a town that was founded by Quakers in 1733. (Village Quotes) My father was a coal hewer from Goldthorpe, a coal-mining village in South Yorkshire. He played for the Yorkshire second team as an opening fast bowler - to me he was a gorgeously heroic man. He helped form a union and closed down the Barnsley seam because it was seeping gas, and saved many, many lives. (Village Quotes) I am restless. I don’t mind leaving this comfortable, static life. I could live a year on my own in a remote village. (Village Quotes) When I was 5 years old, we had nothing in the village. One day, in front of my house, some soldiers in a big Cadillac started to do a picnic. I looked at them like they were coming from the moon. I remember they gave me a box of rice pudding - that, for me, was the American Dream. (Village Quotes) Life in a Chinese village is much more organised because the Chinese Communist Party has a presence even in the remotest Chinese village - a presence of the kind that no governmental or non-governmental organisation has in Indian villages. (Village Quotes) I think when you’ve travelled around a lot in Africa, you understand something that many people here don’t recognize: the extraordinary power that is Africa at village level - at community level. (Village Quotes) I love the village in my computer. There’s little validation in the day-to-day life of a writer; sometimes we ache for a connection. (Village Quotes) The computer is my favourite invention. I feel lucky to be part of the global village. I don’t mean to brag, but I’m so fast with technology. People think it all seems too much, but we’ll get used to it. I’m sure it all seemed too much when we were learning to walk. (Village Quotes) Give up a member to save a family, a family to save a village, a village to save a country, and the country to save yourself. (Village Quotes) I can’t think of a specific meal, but my favourite country for food has got to be France. I love those restaurants in the middle of the village squares. (Village Quotes) The village had institutionalized all human functions in forms of low intensity.... Participation was high and organization was low. This is the formula for stability. (Village Quotes) When I moved to the East Village in the late seventies, I wanted to be a street performer, so I practiced daily. I never did work up the skills or the courage to perform on the street, though. (Village Quotes) Give the villagers village arithmetic, village geography, village history and the literary knowledge that they must use daily, i.e. reading and writing letters, etc. (Village Quotes) I grew up in the East Village, in Alphabet City, when it was a very dangerous neighborhood. To survive there, I had to learn to be a little bit invisible. (Village Quotes) Samasource creates jobs in regions where more traditional forms of employment in low-income economies, such as manufacturing, are difficult to scale because of poor infrastructure. In a village in Rukka, India, for example, our small data entry partner employs over 60 people doing various types of Internet research for Samasource. (Village Quotes) Where I grew up, in a remote village at the back of a valley, the old still thought the dead needed attending to - a notion so universal, it’s enscribed in all religions. If you didn’t, they might exact revenge upon the living. (Village Quotes) If the village worker is not a decent man or woman, conducting a decent home, he or she had better not aspire after the high privilege and honour of becoming a village worker. (Village Quotes) It is indeed fitting for me to make a comment to the effect that it takes a village to raise a child because I have lived in many villages down in deep south, and everyone there who played a part in my stewardship as a young man growing up and as a professional, they have given me unstinting support. (Village Quotes) We live now in a global village and we are in one single family. It’s our responsibility to bring friendship and love from all different places around the world and to live together in peace. (Village Quotes) In 1978, the tradition of running from village to village with a message was revived. that first run was from Davis to Los Angeles, a distance of 500 miles. (Village Quotes) The Pawnee chief had left the village the day after the doctor arrived, with 50 or 60 horses and many people, and had taken his course to the north of our route. (Village Quotes) The Smurf village was destroyed weeks ago and Bush has still not made an appearance. George Bush doesn’t care about tiny blue people. (Village Quotes)

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