Carolina Quotes (129 quotes)

Picture of quotation author Bellamy Young
„I started singing when I was about 3 and dancing soon after. Mom just started looking for outlets where I could perform and availed herself of any opportunity she could in the mountains of North Carolina in the '70s.“
― Bellamy Young ―
Picture of quotation author Alan Wilson
„Since the announcement that Boeing was going to open a plant in Charleston, South Carolina, Boeing has actually created 2,000 new jobs in Washington state. So it's hard to say you are retaliating against the union when you create 2,000 members to their role.“
― Alan Wilson ―
Picture of quotation author Sheldon Whitehouse
„Five states - Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois and North Carolina - have been identified by the EPA as contributing significantly to Rhode Island pollution. As of 2010, 284 tall smokestacks - stacks over 500 feet - were operating in the United States: needles injecting poison into the atmosphere.“
Picture of quotation author Abraham Whipple
„I received orders from Congress to proceed to Charleston in South Carolina, for the purpose of Co'operating with General Lincoln in the defense of that Capitol.“
― Abraham Whipple ―
Picture of quotation author Mel Watt
„I'm always happy to have the President visit North Carolina. Unfortunately, the citizens of North Carolina who could be most adversely affected by the President's plan have not been invited to the discussion.“
― Mel Watt ―
Picture of quotation author Mel Watt
„North Carolina's approach in crafting its law ensured the creation of the best possible law and, consequently, North Carolina is now the acknowledged leader in addressing predatory lending.“
― Mel Watt ―
Picture of quotation author Jill Wagner
„The beauty of where I'm from - this small little town called Wallburg, North Carolina - I didn't have a TV; I was out playing ball with my dad, shooting clay pigeons.“
― Jill Wagner ―
Picture of quotation author Ashley Wagner
„Yu Na Kim, Mao Asada, Carolina Kostner - all these girls can do triple-triples in their sleep, and they have the skating skills and the spins and the rest of the technical jumps. So I have to have that as well if I want to be able to call myself 'competitive' against them. And when I say 'competitive,' I mean I want to win.“
― Ashley Wagner ―
Picture of quotation author Skeet Ulrich
„I grew up in a small farming town called Concord, outside Charlotte in North Carolina.“
― Skeet Ulrich ―
Picture of quotation author Josh Turner
„One of my favorite places is Seattle. Growing up, I never thought I'd be able to go to Seattle. I grew up in eastern South Carolina, so that's as far as you can get from Seattle, unless I lived in Miami.“
― Josh Turner ―
Picture of quotation author Phoebe Tonkin
„No one knows who I am in Australia. They don't even know I am Australian, because 'The Secret Circle' is on in Australia, and I'm sure everyone's like, 'Oh, she's American. She's from, like, North Carolina.' Like, nobody knows me in Australia, I'm just telling you.“
― Phoebe Tonkin ―
Picture of quotation author Strom Thurmond
„It is a matter of common knowledge that the government of South Carolina is under domination of a small ring of cunning, conniving men.“
― Strom Thurmond ―
Picture of quotation author James Taylor
„I think that American music, for me, it's a synthesis of a lot of different things. But for me growing up in North Carolina, the stuff that I was listening to, the things that I was hearing, it was all about black music, about soul music.“
― James Taylor ―
Picture of quotation author James Taylor
„I played the cello from when I was ten, and then I bought a guitar from the father of some friends of mine and played that for a while. And then when I was fourteen or so, I bought a guitar - a real nice one - in Durham, North Carolina, that I worked with up until I was about twenty-five.“
― James Taylor ―
Picture of quotation author Andre Leon Talley
„When I was a young boy, growing up in Durham, North Carolina, the women in my family were truly passionate about their clothes; nothing was more beautiful to me than women dressing with the utmost, meticulous attention to accessories, shoes, handbags, hats, coats, dresses and gloves to attend Sunday church services.“
Picture of quotation author Jessica Stroup
„I was raised in a strict Southern household in Lexington, South Carolina, and I remember sneaking off to watch 'Pet Cemetery' as a kid. After seeing those animals reincarnate, I screamed and couldn't sleep for weeks, but watched it again and again.“
― Jessica Stroup ―
Picture of quotation author Michael Strahan
„I grew up mostly in Germany, but my favorite summer trip was driving from North Carolina to Texas in a camper with my parents and us six kids.“
― Michael Strahan ―
Picture of quotation author Hannah Storm
„I was in Charlotte, N.C., when they launched the NBA team there, the Charlotte Hornets. And the first guy to roll into town was Carolina native Michael Jordan.“
― Hannah Storm ―
Picture of quotation author Ezra Stiles
„The British merchants represented that they received some profit indeed from Virginia and South Carolina, as well as the West Indies; but as for the rest of this continent, they were constant losers in trade.“
― Ezra Stiles ―
Picture of quotation author Steve Spurrier
„Our coaches want to be a part of South Carolina football when they win it for the first time. When they win the division, when they win the SEC, win a major bowl game, etc. The opportunities to do it all for the first time here make it extra special.“
― Steve Spurrier ―

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