#carolina

In the 1950s in Columbia, South Carolina, it was considered OK for kids to play with weird things. We could go to the hardware store and buy 100 feet of dynamite fuse. ↗

— Kary Mullis

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Well, I'm a huge fan of Ryan Adams, who's from North Carolina. And he's beginning to break really quite big. ↗

— Elton John

#beginning #big #break #carolina #fan

I was raised in South Carolina; I wasn't aware of any art in South Carolina. There was a minor museum in Charleston, which had nothing of interest in it. It showed local artists, paintings of birds. ↗

— Jasper Johns

#art #artists #aware #birds #carolina

It's funny, but we were living on this small island off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina when I was 9. ↗

— Josh Lucas

#charleston #coast #funny #i #island

If you take the more general role of going to local stations around the country in Montana or South Carolina or wherever, and start in the local news, it's a lot more difficult to get to the stories that you want to really cover. ↗

— Maria Menounos

#carolina #country #cover #difficult #general

The last state to admit a black student to the college level was South Carolina. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#black #carolina #college #college level #last

Education has fundamentally changed my life. It's perhaps the mission of my life. I'm wed to it in a very powerful and personal way. And I chose the pathway that I believe could make me the most significant on changing the outcomes that we see now in North Carolina. ↗

— Bev Perdue

#carolina #changed #changing #chose #could

From education to broadband, from building roads and bridges to supporting the military, Barack Obama is delivering for North Carolina. And he is delivering for America. A growing middle class is the foundation for a strong America. ↗

— Bev Perdue

#barack #barack obama #bridges #broadband #building

Barbecue is the third rail of North Carolina politics. ↗

— John Shelton Reed

#carolina #north #north carolina #politics #rail

As Governor of North Carolina for two terms, I made improving education a top priority. ↗

— Michael F. Easley

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