Ohio Quotes - Page 6

• I grew up in a Cleveland suburb called Parma, Ohio. Somewhere along the way I fell in love with a typeface called Bodoni. It turns out that Giambattista Bodoni had his foundry in Parma, Italy. So I pick Bodoni because us guys from Parma have to stick together.

  Michael Bierut

  Guy, Together, Way

  Source: scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org

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• It's also time to hold Donald Trump accountable to what he governed on. I thought the next morning after the election, there was a little squib in the paper, 2,000 workers are going to be laid off in Lordstown, Ohio and Lansing, Michigan.

  Katrina vanden Heuvel

  Morning, Michigan, Paper

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• There's no typical person [addicted to heroin]. It just has permeated every segment of society in Ohio.

  Mike DeWine

  Typical, Heroin, Persons

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• Occasionally, as children, we might figure out how to call somebody a name, and they would figure out how to call us. But it wasn't - it was so light. It was so fluffy. I didn't really have a strong awareness of segregation and the separation of races until I left Lorain, Ohio.

  Toni Morrison

  Strong, Children, Light

  "'I Regret Everything': Toni Morrison Looks Back On Her Personal Life". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. April 20, 2015.

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• Ohioans know that he inherited a mess and created a surplus. So, on election day, John [Kasich] will prevail in Ohio.

  Tom Ridge

  Election, Mess, Surplus

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• If you told people you were moving to Ohio, they wouldn't congratulate you. They'd say "OH WHY would you move there?" as if that was something that happened to you and you had to deal with.

  Celeste Ng

  Moving, People, Deals

  "BYT Interviews: Celeste Ng". Interview with Svetlana Legetic, brightestyoungthings.com. February 22, 2016.

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• I believe Marco Rubio is going to win Florida, I think Ted Cruz is going to win his Alamo in Texas. I think old rules apply. John Kasich's going to win Ohio as well.

  Hugh Hewitt

  Believe, Winning, Thinking

  "Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd, www.nbcnews.com. February 21, 2016.

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• I think in theory, Donald Trump could be a formidable candidate, right? The theory of him is, if he ignites working class white voters, he can put Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, states like Ohio in play for the Republicans.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Thinking, Class, Play

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I grew up in a theater family. My father was a regional theater classical repertory producer. He created Shakespeare festivals. He produced all of Shakespeare's plays, mostly in Shakespeare festivals in Ohio. One of them, the Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland, is still going. So I grew up not wanting to be an actor, not wanting to go into the family business.

  John Lithgow

  Father, Lakes, Play

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I'm not sure what the proper label might be, or the most accurate one, but someone once called my stuff Southern Ohio Gothic and I thought that was fair.

  Donald Ray Pollock

  Southern, Labels, Might

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I started going to Ohio University when I was in my mid-thirties, ended up with an English degree when I was forty.

  Donald Ray Pollock

  Degrees, University, Forty

  Source: therumpus.net

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• You go to Pennsylvania, you go to Ohio, you go to Florida, you go to any of them. You go upstate New York. Our jobs have fled to Mexico and other places.

  Donald Trump

  Jobs, New York, Florida

  Transcript of the Third Presidential Debate, www.nytimes.com. October 20, 2016.

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• The people of Ohio are not happy with what he's doing. I can tell you that. They're not happy with what he [John Kasich] is doing. But the Republican Party more than any other thing has to have a victory, a presidential victory, for one thing, if nothing else: Supreme Court justices.

  Donald Trump

  Party, People, Justice

  "The Republican nominee in his own words". Interview with Philip Rucker, www.washingtonpost.com. August 2, 2016.

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• One thing I will commit to the people of Ohio is, when I'm a U.S. senator and there's issues being debated in Washington, when I'm a U.S. senator they'll know exactly what my position is.

  Josh Mandel

  Issues, People, Commit

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• This is going to make such a great story: How I nursed a pirate back to health and my love saved him," Miss Ohio said with a contented sigh. "And then we can have our own reality show about our relationship." - "Beauty Queens

  Libba Bray

  Queens, Reality, Pirate

  Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.266, Scholastic Inc.

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• Chin held high, Miss Ohio beamed at an imagined crowd. "I want to be a motivational speaker." "What are you going to motivate people to do?" Smile still in place, she cut her eyes at Adina. "You know. Motivational ... stuff.

  Libba Bray

  Eye, Cutting, People

  Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.55, Scholastic Inc.

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• Taylor clapped three times for attention. "Ladies! Ladies! My stars! That's enough. Now. We all know Miss Arkansas's girls are fake, Miss Ohio's easier than making cereal, and Miss Montana's dress is something my blind meemaw would wear to bingo night." - "Beauty Queens

  Libba Bray

  Girl, Stars, Queens

  Libba Bray (2011). “Beauty Queens”, p.113, Scholastic Inc.

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• Salvador [Dali] was brought up in Spain, a country colored by the legends of Hannibal, El Greco, and Cervantes. I was brought up in Ohio, a region steeped in the tradition of Coxey's Army, the Anti-Saloon League, and William Howard Taft.

  James Thurber

  Country, Army, League

  JAMES THURBER (1945). “THE THURBER CARNIVAL”

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• Twenty-two astronauts were born in Ohio. What is it about your state that makes people want to flee the Earth?" - Stephen Colbert to Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones, "The Colbert Report," November 3, 2005

  Stephen Colbert

  Two, People, Earth

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• This doesn't happen in America! Maybe Ohio, but not in America!" Homer Simpson

  Matt Groening

  America, Happens

  "The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XIX". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 2008.

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• In the morning I awoke early and experienced that sinking sensation that overcomes you when you first open your eyes and realize that instead of a normal day ahead of you, with its scatterings of simple gratifications, you are going to have a day without even the tiniest of pleasures; you are going to drive across Ohio.

  Bill Bryson

  Morning, Eye, Simple

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• The white-haired wonder leading what had to, by now, be a blocks-long parade must've finally turned on her hearing aid. Because she finally pulled into the United Methodist Church parking lot, praise God, leaving the rest of us free to party until some other octogenarian found it necessary to take to the streets after dark. In Ohio, old folks know better than to drive at night. Yet another reason Cleveland rocks.

  Jennifer Rardin

  Block, Party, Dark

  Jennifer Rardin (2012). “An Evening for Vayl and Jaz”, p.27, Hachette UK

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• And why are we supposed to be serious about God? Did God show up and crack the whip? “You there, Annie in Ohio, I see you laughing a lot and frankly it really pisses Me off . . . “ (50)

  Julia Cameron

  Laughing, Cracks, Serious

  Julia Cameron (2000). “God is No Laughing Matter: Observations and Objections on the Spiritual Path”, Tarcher

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• it is so unfair that he lives in ohio, because that should be close enough, but since neither of us drives and neither of us would ever in a million years say, 'hey, mom, do you want to drive me across indiana to see a boy?,' we're kind of stuck.

  David Levithan

  Mom, Boys, Years

  John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.22, Penguin

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• What do you mean you live someplace where there aren’t any humans? (Danger) In a realm far away from here. (Alexion) Is that like in star Wars? A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away? Want to tell me where your Tatooine is located? Is it anywhere in this universe? Near Toledo maybe? The one in Ohio or Spain? I’m not picky. Can I MapQuest it? (Danger)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Stars, War, Mean

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