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Villages Quotes

In the villages in Europe, there are still healers who tell stories Picture Quote #1

All the real things in Russia are done in the villages Picture Quote #1

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men Picture Quote #1

Railway stations can become growth points for the nearby villages Picture Quote #1

Khaddar is an attempt to revise and reverse the process and establish a better relationship between the cities and villages Picture Quote #1

It’s because Gandhi believed in villages and because the British ruled from the cities; therefore, Nehru thought of New Delhi as an un-Indian city Picture Quote #1

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If you go out on the Appalachian Trail, you have to bring so much more equipment - a tent, sleeping bag - but if you go hiking in England, or Europe, generally, towns and villages are near enough together at the end of the day you can always go to a nice little inn and have a hot bath and something to drink Picture Quote #1

I’ve done a lot of practical anthropology, living in villages with people and realizing how difficult it is to get out of poverty. When in poverty, people use their skill to avoid hunger. They can’t use it for progress Picture Quote #1

For such a small country, Britain packs in an amazing diversity of landscapes: coastline, lakes, mountains, rolling countryside, villages and great cities Picture Quote #1

I was privileged because my father was a policeman, and we lived in town. Many people in Malawi are from typical villages. My grandmother insisted I should be in both worlds, and so I needed to be acquainted with village life Picture Quote #1

We will only keep people from fleeing the countryside into urban favelas, villas miseries, shantytowns and squatter villages when the productivity gap is closed between what brute labor on the soil can accomplish and what advanced technology makes possible today - and will make possible tomorrow Picture Quote #1

The people who died in the Twin Towers in that terrible crime mattered. The people who were bombed to death in dusty villages in Afghanistan didn’t matter, even though it now seems that their numbers were greater. The people who will die in Iraq don’t matter Picture Quote #1

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Because in the feudal system of that period at least 80% of people lived in villages, so it’s very simple to get a cross-section of society in a single village. You get the microcosm of the social macrocosm Picture Quote #1

I grew up in a kibbutz in the Galilee, but we were surrounded by Arabic villages, so I heard all these sounds and all this music. My father was very close friends with one of the Bedouin tribes, so I would always go there, to weddings, and I was always very fascinated by that music Picture Quote #1

Opening a book in the middle of a chapter always made me feel like I was interrupting a group of strangers, wandering unannounced into their villages and apartments and taxis and slums Picture Quote #1

Marine and Army women have deployed with infantry units in Iraq and Afghanistan in what’s called female engagement teams, going into villages, talking with women and sometimes coming under fire Picture Quote #1

We need to assume that aspirations of people in villages are nothing less than the aspirations of people in the cities. They need a change in their lifestyle Picture Quote #1

The MPs are not adopting villages; it’s the villages that are adopting the MPs Picture Quote #1

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People must understand the Clean Ganga program, as an economic activity also. The Gangetic plains account for 40% of our population. They have over one hundred towns, and thousands of villages Picture Quote #1

Whatever position we may rise to, be it of MP, CM or PM, nothing can teach us the way villages can Picture Quote #1

There are 18,500 villages in the country where electricity is yet to reach. We want to ensure these villages are electrified within the next 1000 days Picture Quote #1

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris Picture Quote #1

I am the son of peasants and I know what is happening in the villages. That is why I wanted to take revenge, and I regret nothin Picture Quote #1

There is a huge sense of loneliness as people leave villages and move to cities. It’s hard to find that human connection as you move away from where you started Picture Quote #1

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The Marianne Vos Route goes through the seven villages of Aalburg, where I grew up, and celebrates my World and Olympic titles with a number of benches along the route, where you can stop and rest your legs. You’ll see the white windmill in Meeuwen and, in Babylonienbroek, a statue of the silver bike I rode to celebrate my Olympic track win Picture Quote #1

If China wants to build a new six-lane expressway, it can bulldoze its way past any number of villages in its path; in India, if you want to widen a two-lane road, you could be tied up in court for a dozen years over compensation entitlements Picture Quote #1

The only violence was when these so-called ‘freedom fighters’ terrorized the poor Africans in the villages... They were told what to do and who to support Picture Quote #1

People forget that there are villages and communities that are still speaking French all over Canada. I went to a bar and spoke with some French people there, and they were saying: ‘I went to English school, but at home it was always French, and that’s going to be the way it is for my kids.’ It’s important for them to keep that language alive Picture Quote #1

The public/private partnerships are taking various forms in India. It is individuals who are socially oriented are setting up schools. They’re setting up colleges. They’re setting up universities. They’re setting up primary-education schools in the villages, particularly the villages their original families came from Picture Quote #1

In villages across the developing world, governments have provided reasonable enough latrines that have again and again been turned into storage spaces or simply abandoned. In India alone, millions of government-funded latrines have become goat-sheds. Some had been built near kitchens, a taboo in Indian households Picture Quote #1

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In the villages in Europe, there are still healers who tell stories (Villages Quotes) All the real things in Russia are done in the villages (Villages Quotes) Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men (Villages Quotes) Railway stations can become growth points for the nearby villages (Villages Quotes) Khaddar is an attempt to revise and reverse the process and establish a better relationship between the cities and villages. (Villages Quotes) It’s because Gandhi believed in villages and because the British ruled from the cities; therefore, Nehru thought of New Delhi as an un-Indian city. (Villages Quotes) If you go out on the Appalachian Trail, you have to bring so much more equipment - a tent, sleeping bag - but if you go hiking in England, or Europe, generally, towns and villages are near enough together at the end of the day you can always go to a nice little inn and have a hot bath and something to drink. (Villages Quotes) I’ve done a lot of practical anthropology, living in villages with people and realizing how difficult it is to get out of poverty. When in poverty, people use their skill to avoid hunger. They can’t use it for progress. (Villages Quotes) For such a small country, Britain packs in an amazing diversity of landscapes: coastline, lakes, mountains, rolling countryside, villages and great cities. (Villages Quotes) I was privileged because my father was a policeman, and we lived in town. Many people in Malawi are from typical villages. My grandmother insisted I should be in both worlds, and so I needed to be acquainted with village life. (Villages Quotes) We will only keep people from fleeing the countryside into urban favelas, villas miseries, shantytowns and squatter villages when the productivity gap is closed between what brute labor on the soil can accomplish and what advanced technology makes possible today - and will make possible tomorrow. (Villages Quotes) The people who died in the Twin Towers in that terrible crime mattered. The people who were bombed to death in dusty villages in Afghanistan didn’t matter, even though it now seems that their numbers were greater. The people who will die in Iraq don’t matter (Villages Quotes) Because in the feudal system of that period at least 80% of people lived in villages, so it’s very simple to get a cross-section of society in a single village. You get the microcosm of the social macrocosm (Villages Quotes) I grew up in a kibbutz in the Galilee, but we were surrounded by Arabic villages, so I heard all these sounds and all this music. My father was very close friends with one of the Bedouin tribes, so I would always go there, to weddings, and I was always very fascinated by that music (Villages Quotes) Opening a book in the middle of a chapter always made me feel like I was interrupting a group of strangers, wandering unannounced into their villages and apartments and taxis and slums (Villages Quotes) Marine and Army women have deployed with infantry units in Iraq and Afghanistan in what’s called female engagement teams, going into villages, talking with women and sometimes coming under fire (Villages Quotes) We need to assume that aspirations of people in villages are nothing less than the aspirations of people in the cities. They need a change in their lifestyle (Villages Quotes) The MPs are not adopting villages; it’s the villages that are adopting the MPs (Villages Quotes) People must understand the Clean Ganga program, as an economic activity also. The Gangetic plains account for 40% of our population. They have over one hundred towns, and thousands of villages (Villages Quotes) Whatever position we may rise to, be it of MP, CM or PM, nothing can teach us the way villages can (Villages Quotes) There are 18,500 villages in the country where electricity is yet to reach. We want to ensure these villages are electrified within the next 1000 days (Villages Quotes) Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris (Villages Quotes) I am the son of peasants and I know what is happening in the villages. That is why I wanted to take revenge, and I regret nothin (Villages Quotes) There is a huge sense of loneliness as people leave villages and move to cities. It’s hard to find that human connection as you move away from where you started. (Villages Quotes) The Marianne Vos Route goes through the seven villages of Aalburg, where I grew up, and celebrates my World and Olympic titles with a number of benches along the route, where you can stop and rest your legs. You’ll see the white windmill in Meeuwen and, in Babylonienbroek, a statue of the silver bike I rode to celebrate my Olympic track win. (Villages Quotes) If China wants to build a new six-lane expressway, it can bulldoze its way past any number of villages in its path; in India, if you want to widen a two-lane road, you could be tied up in court for a dozen years over compensation entitlements. (Villages Quotes) The only violence was when these so-called ‘freedom fighters’ terrorized the poor Africans in the villages... They were told what to do and who to support. (Villages Quotes) People forget that there are villages and communities that are still speaking French all over Canada. I went to a bar and spoke with some French people there, and they were saying: ‘I went to English school, but at home it was always French, and that’s going to be the way it is for my kids.’ It’s important for them to keep that language alive. (Villages Quotes) The public/private partnerships are taking various forms in India. It is individuals who are socially oriented are setting up schools. They’re setting up colleges. They’re setting up universities. They’re setting up primary-education schools in the villages, particularly the villages their original families came from. (Villages Quotes) In villages across the developing world, governments have provided reasonable enough latrines that have again and again been turned into storage spaces or simply abandoned. In India alone, millions of government-funded latrines have become goat-sheds. Some had been built near kitchens, a taboo in Indian households. (Villages Quotes)

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