Localism Quotes & Sayings

Some of the most provocative TV that I'm inspired by is in the U.K. You guys take it for granted, but in America, we can't do it. — Lee Daniels

Once the wounded child awakens to its human self, a primal scream emerges from the depths of denial like the Kraken released from its underwater prison. — Christopher Zzenn Loren

I'd give away my soul
To hold you once again — Josh Groban

I am your Prince and you will marry me," Humperdinck said.
Buttercup whispered, "I am your servant and I refuse."
"I am you Prince and you cannot refuse."
"I am your loyal servant and I just did."
"Refusal means death."
"Kill me then. — William Goldman

If a man can beat you, walk him. — Satchel Paige

Along with the mystical wonderment and sense of ecological responsibility that comes with the recognition of connectedness, more disturbing images come to mind. When applied to economics, connectedness seems to take the form of chain stores, multinational corporations, and international trade treaties which wipe out local enterprise and indigenous culture. When I think of it in the realm of religion, I envision smug missionaries who have done such a good job of convincing native people everywhere that their World-Maker is the same as God, and by this shoddy sleight of hand have been steadily impoverishing the world of the great fecundity and complex localism of belief systems that capture truths outside the Western canon. And I wonder - if everything's connected, does that mean that everything can be manipulated and controlled centrally by those who know how to pull strings at strategic places? — Malcolm Margolin

We have wished, we eco-freaks, for a disaster or for a social change to come and bomb us into Stone Age, where we might live like Indians in our valley, with our localism, our appropriate technology, our gardens, our homemade religion-guilt-free at last! — Stewart Brand

Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly. — Jean Cocteau

Accommodate the quickly expanding population. Intrigued, Warren contacted religious leaders in Southern California who told him that many locals self-identified as Christian but didn't attend services. In the dusty, dimly lit basement of that university — Charles Duhigg

Localisation stands, at best, at the limits of practical possibility, but it has the decisive argument in its favour that there will be no alternative. — David Fleming

Europe's enduring localism, which had been the weak link in Christendom, became in turn the Achilles heel of the dynastic state. — Mark Greengrass

Working with actors is something I've never done before. I find it tremendous. It's hard work. — Anton Corbijn