South Carolina Quotes - Page 3

• In 2009, South Carolina was blessed to welcome a great American company that chose to stay in our country to continue to do business. That company was Boeing.

  Nikki Haley

  Country, Blessed, Boeing

  Nikki Haley RNC speech, www.politico.com. August 29, 2012.

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• We don't have unions in South Carolina because we don't need unions in South Carolina.

  Nikki Haley

  Needs, Unions, Carolina

  "Nikki Haley Pinata Takes Beating From Labor Leader" By Dave Jamieson, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 22, 2012.

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• The people of South Carolina support conservatives who are trying to push real change, and the people of South Carolina expect their presidential candidates to back them up when they show courage.

  Nikki Haley

  Real, People, Support

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• I never know what South Carolina thinks of a measure. I never consult her. I act to the best of my judgment, and according to my conscience. If she approves, well and good. If she does not, or wishes any one to take my place, I am ready to vacate. We are even.

  John C. Calhoun

  Thinking, Wish, Doe

  Attributed to John C. Calhoun in Walter J. Miller "Calhoun as a Lawyer and Statesman", part 2 "The Green Bag" (p. 271), June 1899.

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• Almost forty-five years after my parents first became Americans, I stand before you and them tonight as the proud governor of the state of South Carolina.

  Nikki Haley

  Years, Parent, Tonight

  Nikki Haley RNC speech, www.politico.com. August 29, 2012.

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• Only in the last week, South Carolina announced that it is seeking to become the U. S. center for hydrogen fuel cells, and BMW revealed that it will power some of its high-end model cars with hydrogen.

  Virgil Goode

  Hydrogen Fuel, Cells, Bmw

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• Each of these lines attempts to serve a portion of our population for which we extend our sympathy and encouragement. But nevertheless, it is only a small portion of South Carolina's chronically ill or abused. Overall, these special add-on lines distract from the agency's broader mission of protecting South Carolina's public health.

  Nikki Haley

  Encouragement, Agency, Special

  "This Week in the Laboratories of Democracy" by Charles P. Pierce, www.esquire.com. JUly 12, 2012.

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• Well, I'm from the South originally. I grew up in South Carolina definitely learning about manners and being proper and having to go to cotillions.

  Anna Camp

  Cotillion, Manners, Grew Up

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Over the years, I've traveled to many places for inspiration and research, including Pennsylvania, Ohio, South Carolina, California, and Hawaii.

  Jennifer Chiaverini

  Inspiration, California, Ohio

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• Thousands of dead fish have now washed up on shore along the coast of South Carolina. Today the NRA said that this wouldn't have happened if those fish had guns.

  Jay Leno

  Gun, Today, Nra

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• Next Monday the Convention in Virginia will assemble; we have still good hopes of its adoption here: though by no great plurality of votes. South Carolina has probably decided favourably before this time. The plot thickens fast. A few short weeks will determine the political fate of America for the present generation, and probably produce no small influence on the happiness of society through a long succession of ages to come.

  George Washington

  Monday, Fate, America

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• My mom is one of 14 children. She's a great lady. She's a Taurus. Has been a profound influence in my life, still is to this day. Born in meager surroundings in rural South Carolina.

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Mom, Children

  The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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• Here's what I love: when a great writer turns me into a Jew from Chicago, a lesbian out of South Carolina, or a black woman moving into a subway entrance in Harlem. Turn me into something else, writers of the world. Make me Muslim, heretic, hermaphrodite. Put me into a crusader's armor, a cardinal's vestments. Let me feel the pygmy's heartbeat, the queen's breast, the torturer's pleasure, the Nile's taste, or the nomad's thirst. Tell me everything that I must know. Hold nothing back.

  Pat Conroy

  Queens, Moving, Black

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• 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

  Growing Up, Favorite Places, Able

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• Do you want to go back to Vienna?” he said. Alec didn’t answer, just stared into space. “Or we could go somewhere else,” said Magnus. “Anywhere you want. Thailand, South Carolina, Brazil, Peru – Oh, wait, no, I’m banned from Peru. I’d forgotten about that. It’s a long story, but amusing if you want to hear it.

  Cassandra Clare

  Somewhere Else, Space, Long

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “City of Fallen Angels”, p.306, Simon and Schuster

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• One white man on the platform in South Carolina asked us where we were going--we had got off the train to get some fresh air and to dust the grit and dust out of our clothes. When we said Africa he looked offended and tickled too. Niggers going to Africa, he said to his wife. Now I have seen everything.

  Alice Walker

  Men, Air, White Man

  Alice Walker (1982). “El color púrpura”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P

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• Traveling, I am finding, teaches you a lot of things about yourself. For instance, I never thought myself to be the kind of person who pees into a mostly empty bottle of Bluefin energy drink while driving through South Carolina at seventy-seven miles per hour - but in face I am that kind of person.

  John Green

  Faces, Energy, Bottles

  John Green (2010). “Paper Towns”, p.177, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• I have been on shop floors. I have talked to a lot of the companies that create jobs in South Carolina and across the country. And what they want is less regulation.

  Jim DeMint

  Country, Jobs, Want

  "Lieberman, Rogers and Hoffa on "State of the Union"". "State of the Union" with Candy Crowley, www.realclearpolitics.com. September 4, 2011.

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• South Carolina is a great place to be from.

  Tim Scott

  Carolina, South

  FaceBook post by Tim Scott from Aug 09, 2014

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• The rivalry is huge between South Carolina and Clemson. It's major bragging rights; one of the most intense things I've been a part of.

  William Perry

  Sports, Bragging Rights, America

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• Shortly thereafter, some friends encouraged me to try out for the Miss South Carolina World beauty pageant. To my surprise, I won - and was sent to New York City to compete nationally.

  Donna Rice Hughes

  Beauty, New York, Cities

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• We needed someone to recognize the importance of check and balances, accountability, transparency. There was a real systemic problem at South Carolina State, a problem that has gone on for 25 or 30 years

  Gwen Ifill

  Real, Years, Accountability

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Anywhere you want. Thailand, South Carolina, Brezil, Peru-- Oh, wait, no, I'm banned from Peru. I'd forgotten about that. It's a long story, but amusing if you want to hear it.

  Magnus

  Long, Waiting, Vienna

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• I've been elected numerous times in South Carolina. If I'm on the ballot, I'm going to win South Carolina.

  Lindsey Graham

  Winning, Ballots, Ifs

  "Sen. Graham on security of our nation's capital, 2016 plans; Sen. Sanders ready to challenge Hillary Clinton?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. April 19, 2015.

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• I know that my grandfather is 92 years old. And he has seen this country evolve in amazing ways. He looks at South Carolina and he says, wow, what an amazing state that we have the blessing to live within because of the evolution.

  Tim Scott

  Country, Blessing, Years

  "Starting Point with Soledad O'Brien", www.cnn.com. December 19, 2012.

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