#local

Organizations get invested into a particular product. And sometimes the best thing is to stop making that product, even though it's profitable, because it has optimized at a local peak. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#best #even #get #into #invested

They usually have two tellers in my local bank, except when it's very busy, when they have one. ↗

— Rita Rudner

#busy #except #local #two #usually

The universal human laws - need, love for the beloved, fear, hunger, periodic exaltation, the kindness that rises up naturally in the absence of hunger/fear/pain - are constant, predictable, reliable, universal, and are merely ornamented with the details of local culture. ↗

— George Saunders

#beloved #constant #culture #details #exaltation

The terrorists who committed the 2003 Istanbul attacks were locals, that is, Turks. And when filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered in the Netherlands last year, the murderer and his supporters were also part of the Muslim community. ↗

— Otto Schily

#attacks #committed #community #filmmaker #gogh

I always like my trailer or hotel room to have fresh flowers or pillows I find at a local flea market - anything to personalize the environment. ↗

— Chloe Sevigny

#anything #environment #find #flea #flowers

Last Thursday, our Supreme Court backed that local governments can co-opt private property, and give it to another private entity, for economic development. ↗

— Cliff Stearns

#backed #court #development #economic #economic development

The objection to an aristocracy is that it is a priesthood without a god. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#local-government #small-is-beautiful #beauty

It's not always possible to sit down and eat at home in this day and age of fast-paced living, but if you are going to eat out, do so as a family and support all the great local places in your areas. I'll still eat at the same diner I did as a kid with my parents. ↗

— Michael Symon

#always #areas #day #did #diner

In China, remember, the the banks are arms of state policy. They loan because the local party official or regional party official tells them we need a new stadium. They are instruments of state policy. ↗

— James Chanos

#banks #because #china #instruments #loan

While Congress can't overturn the Supreme Court, we can provide carrots and sticks to prevent local governments from unfairly taking property from landowners. ↗

— Stephanie Herseth

#congress #court #governments #landowners #local