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At one point I learned transcendental meditation. This was 30-something years ago. It took me back to the way that I naturally was as a child growing up way in the country, rarely seeing people. I was in that state of oneness with creation and it was as if I didn't exist except as a part of everything. ↗

— Alice Walker

#back #child #country #creation #everything

Like many places across the country, Wisconsin lost more than 100,000 jobs from 2008 to 2010. Unemployment during that time topped out at over 9%. ↗

— Scott Walker

#country #during #jobs #like #lost

Brazil is where I belong, the place that feels like home. They love their family, their country and God, and are not afraid to let anybody know it. ↗

— Dionne Warwick

#anybody #belong #brazil #country #family

Our little house was way back in the country. We had one house close to us, and hell the next one would've been a mile. If you got sick, you could holler and wouldn't nobody hear you. ↗

— Muddy Waters

#been #close #could #country #got

He didn't want to tell his son what to do, but told me to write the president a letter. I didn't name a country, but there are many countries we have a fragile relationship with. ↗

— George Herbert Walker

#country #fragile #his #i #letter

Tax breaks can serve a vital role in keeping and bringing jobs to our state; however, without accountability, they are little more than loopholes at taxpayers' expense. ↗

— Jeanne Kohl-Welles

#breaks #bringing #expense #however #jobs

I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a big mule. I spent Saturday and Sunday washing and ironing and cooking for the children and went back to my country school on Sunday afternoon. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#back #big #came #children #cooking

Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter. ↗

— Ida B. Wells

#barbarity #been #country #during #effort

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement. ↗

— E. B. White

#among #countries #disagreement #likely #more

I am willing to work with anyone that wants to do what is best for this country. ↗

— Allen West

#anyone #best #country #i #i am