#l a

President Obama's fight for rural America is personal. He was raised by a single mom and grandparents from Kansas. He hails from a farming state, Illinois. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#farming #fight #grandparents #illinois #kansas

Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural. I don't believe that's because of a lack of opportunity in rural America. I believe that's because if you grow up in rural America, you know you can't just keep taking from the land. You've got to give something back. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#back #because #believe #give #got

There is more potential for economic growth in rural America than at any time in decades. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#any #decades #economic #economic growth #growth

Since my teen years I was interested in martial arts. ↗

— Tony Visconti

#i #interested #martial #martial arts #since

I make personal appearances around the country. I'm starting a book tour now, and I may be coming to Toronto with the Learning Annex, which I'm doing all through the United States, so that may come up just before Christmas. ↗

— Burt Ward

#around #before #book #book tour #christmas

I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own. ↗

— Andy Warhol

#art #beautiful #beautiful art #could #ever

We need to remember that politics is all about people, not programs. We shouldn't want to take the humanness out of the political arena. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#arena #humanness #need #out #people

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. ↗

— Orson Welles

#act #always #animal #called #dictates

To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#bad #bad manners #called #humanity #manners

Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#act #always #animal #called #dictates