#rural

I took it upon myself to paint a better picture of rural life and what it is all about. ↗

— Bubba Sparxxx

#better #i #life #myself #paint

Programs that pay farmers not to farm often devastate rural areas. The reductions hurt everyone from fertilizer companies to tractor salesmen. ↗

— Dick Armey

#companies #devastate #everyone #farm #farmers

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. ↗

— Dave Barry

#being #consumed #geographically #ireland #island

An energy tax punishes senior citizens, it punishes rural Americans, if you use electricity it punishes you. This bill will increase your cost of living and may kill your job. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#citizens #cost #electricity #energy #increase

However, if we examine the Canadian scene closely enough, we can see signs of this physical and spiritual rot settling into a number of our Canadian urban centres with a troubling spill-over into many of our more rural areas. ↗

— Alex Campbell

#canadian #centres #closely #enough #examine

These days I live in a magical little village on Dartmoor in Devon, England, and my "special spot" is a moss-covered rock in a circle of trees in the woods behind my house. I often go into the woods, or walk through the fields and hills nearby, when I need inspiration, or to work out a plot problem, or come up with an idea. I think better on my feet, particularly when there is beautiful countryside around me and a dog at my side. When I was younger and lived in big cities, I had special places there too. There's magic everywhere, if you look. ↗

— Terri Windling

#get-away #inspirational #nature #rural-setting #urban-setting

The big winners under the American fiscal system are the rich, who pay some of the lowest taxes anywhere in the world; the old, who are the main beneficiaries of the American social service state; farmers, rural people. These are Republican constituencies. ↗

— David Frum

#anywhere #beneficiaries #big #constituencies #farmers

A common misconception is that the costs of health care are cheaper in rural America, when in fact the reality is that they are more expensive and more difficult to access. ↗

— Blanche Lincoln

#america #care #cheaper #common #costs

In rural parts of China, it's like stepping back into the era of my grandfather or great-grandfather - not much has changed. ↗

— Gary Locke

#changed #china #era #grandfather #great-grandfather

Everything I've done in my career is a result of growing up in rural Oklahoma, because if I hadn't had the training from Mama and Daddy to work hard, to do what I'm told, to take directions, to mind and to do a good job at anything I set out to do, then I wouldn't be where I am today. ↗

— Reba McEntire

#anything #because #career #daddy #directions