Indiana Quotes - Page 3

• Not too long ago, my opponent made a prediction. He said I would probably win Pennsylvania, he would win North Carolina, and Indiana would be the tiebreaker. Well, tonight we've come from behind, we've broken the tie, and, thanks to you, it's full speed on to the White House.

  Hillary Clinton

  Winning, Long Ago, White

  "Obama Extends Lead; Full Speed Ahead for Hillary Clinton: She's Staying in Until the End". "American Morning", www.cnn.com. May 7, 2008.

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• READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as a rule, of Indiana novels, short stories in "dialect" and humor in slang.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Country, Reading, Sphinx

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.176, 谷月社

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• Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.

  Bobby Knight

  Basketball, Massachusetts, May

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• In my home state of Indiana we prove every day that you can build a growing economy on balanced budgets, low taxes.

  Mike Pence

  Home, Growing, Economy

  VP Nomination Acceptance Address, delivered 20 July 2016

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• The state of Indiana has also sought to make sure we expand alternatives in healthcare counseling for women, non-abortion alternatives, and I'm also very pleased into the fact we're well on our way to becoming the most pro-adoption state in America.

  Mike Pence

  America, Adoption, Abortion

  Source: www.politico.com

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• I spent the last week of Ryan's life in Indiana, Indianapolis, with Jeanne and Andrea, Jeanne, his mother, Andrea, his sister, and some other beautiful people who came. And it taught me a lesson.

  Elton John

  Beautiful, Mother, People

  "Elton John on AIDS: Compassion is Part of the Cure". "PBS Newshour", www.pbs.org. July 24, 2012.

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• I grew up believing that one person could make a difference. In Indiana, you saw that with basketball. The small town could beat the big town, like in the movie Hoosiers. That is one of the things that attracts me to entrepreneurs.

  Mary Meeker

  Basketball, Believe, Differences

  "The Indomitable Mary Meeker". Interview with Steven Levy, www.wired.com. September 21, 2012..

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• I'm a small town boy from a place not too different from Farmville. I grew up with a corn field in my backyard. My grandfather had emigrated to this country when he was about my son's age. My mom and dad built everything that matters in a small town in southern Indiana. They built a family and a good name and a business, and they raised a family.

  Mike Pence

  Mom, Country, Dad

  Source: www.politico.com

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• I was a beast in college. I worked hard and I played hard. I was relentless learning about business. I actually snuck into MBA classes my freshman and sophomore years. I wanted to challenge myself to see how I compared to the smartest kids at Indiana University so I was 18 and pretended I was an MBA student.

  Mark Cuban

  Kids, College, Years

  Interview with Ryan Babikian, elitedaily.com. May 30, 2012.

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• But in Indiana it's not like New York where everyone's like, 'We're from New York and we're the best' or 'We're from Texas and we like things big' it's more like 'We're from Indiana and we're gonna move.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Funny, New York, Moving

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Nothing can kill the future dreams and goals of a new graduate than 50k of debt like an anvil over your head. I got to Indiana University not because I visited the campus and loved everything about it. I picked Indiana University because I saw a list of the top 10 business schools and it was the cheapest.

  Mark Cuban

  Dream, School, Goal

  Interview with Ryan Babikian, elitedaily.com. May 30, 2012.

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• My mom grew up in Kansas, my dad in Indiana. They had boring childhoods.

  Hunter Parrish

  Mom, Dad, Kansas

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Surely it's better to live in the country, to live on a prairie by a drawing of rivers, in Iowa or Illinois or Indiana, say, than in any city, in any stinking fog of human beings, in any blooming orchard of machines. It ought to be.

  William H. Gass

  Country, Illinois, Fog

  William H. Gass (1968). “In the Heart of the Heart of the Country & Other Stories”, p.193, David R. Godine Publisher

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• I met my new partner [in Indiana] and she asked if I wanted to move out of New York. I said yeah, and we got a house that's way cheaper than renting a closet in New York.

  Shaun Fleming

  New York, Moving, House

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Indianapolis, Indiana is the first place in the United States of America where a white man was hanged for the murder of an Indian. The kind of people who'll hang a white man for murdering an Indian--that's the kind of people for me.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Men, White Man, America

  Kurt Vonnegut (2007). “The Sirens of Titan”, p.321, Dial Press

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• Imposing excessive new regulations, or closing coal-fired power plants, would produce few health or environmental benefits. But it would exact huge costs on society - and bring factories, offices and economies to a screeching halt in states that are 80-98% dependent on coal: Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming.

  Paul Driessen

  Virginia, Ohio, Utah

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• When I was a kid in Indiana, we thought it would be fun to get a turkey a year ahead of time and feed it and so on for the following Thanksgiving. But by the time Thanksgiving came around, we sort of thought of the turkey as a pet, so we ate the dog. Only kidding. It was the cat!

  David Letterman

  Thanksgiving, Dog, Fun

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• I didn't realize how much of a Hoosier or a Midwesterner I was until I moved to New York. It's weird - growing up in Indiana, I wanted to get out, and now I completely romanticize Indiana. It just seems like there's a greater focus on family back there, which I suppose is something that kind of stayed with me.

  Jim Gaffigan

  New York, Growing Up, Focus

  "Gaffigan laugh again with Northwest Indiana native bounces back from shaky sitcom by hooking up with new 'Ellen' show". "Post-Tribune" Newspaper, June 24, 2001.

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• While other state governments stiff their vendors, close parks, delay tax refunds, and ignore unacceptably poor service levels, Indiana state employees are setting national standards for efficiency.

  Mitch McConnell

  Government, Delay, Levels

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• A couple of Donald Trump people, including his vice presidential running mate, Mike Pence, the governor of Indiana, and of course, Dr. Ben Carson, have both come out in the last days, hours, practically, and said they believe President [Barack] Obama is a legitimately elected president of the United States.

  Chris Matthews

  Running, Couple, Believe

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• If my mother were running for president and talked about a Muslim ban, I'd call her a bigot. If my mother claimed she didn't know who David Duke was when I knew she did, I'd say that's disqualifying. If my mother called an Indiana judge a Mexican, I would say that's a bigoted remark.

  Mika Brzezinski

  Mother, Running, Judging

  Source: wwd.com

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• My mother was the first woman in the county in Indiana where we were born, in Jay County, to have a college degree. She was educated as a pianist and she wanted to concertize, but when the war came she was married, had a family, so she started teaching.

  Twyla Tharp

  Mother, War, Teaching

  "A Conversation With Choreographer Twyla Tharp". Interview with Daviv Shenk, www.theatlantic.com. February 26, 2010.

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• When business leaders ask me what they can do for Indiana, I always reply: 'Make money. Go make money. That's the first act of corporate citizenship. If you do that, you'll have to hire someone else, and you'll have enough profit to help one of those non-profits we're so proud of.'

  Mitch Daniels

  Leader, Proud, Firsts

  Keynote Speech to the Conservative Political Action Committee, delivered 11 February 2011, Ronald Reagan Centennial Dinner, Washington, D.C.

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• A lot of smart young people have come out of Indiana. The smarter they are, the faster they come out

  George Ade

  Smart, People, Faster

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• Splits just keep us where we are and we can't do that where we are. We don't wanna stay there. We wanna move. I'm sure Indiana is saying the same thing. ... Every team in the Big Ten is going to say the same thing. That's the reality of it.

  Robbie Wine

  Team, Moving, Reality

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