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Once wealth and beauty are gone, there is always rural life. -- Mason Cooley
Through the sequester'd vale of rural life The venerable patriarch guileless held The tenor of his way. -- Beilby Porteus
It may be romantic to search for the salves of society's ills in slow-moving rustic surroundings, or among innocent, unspoiled provincials, if such exist, but it is a waste of time. -- Jane Jacobs
A border collie named Orson inspired me to buy a 110-acre farm with four barns and a sheep. That led to a series of books about Bedlam Farm and about dogs, rural life, lambing and herding sheep. -- Jon Katz
Conservation and rural-life policies are really two sides of the same policy; and down at the bottom this policy rests upon the fundamental law that neither man nor nation can prosper unless, in dealing with the present, thought is steadily given for the future. -- Theodore Roosevelt
In 1840 I was called from my farm to undertake the administration of public affairs and I foresaw that I was called to a bed of thorns. I now leave that bed which has afforded me little rest, and eagerly seek repose in the quiet enjoyments of rural life. -- John Tyler
The term of life of a dynasty does not normally exceed three generations. For in the first generation are still preserved the characteristic features of rough, uncivilized rural life, such as hard conditions of life, courage, ferocity, and partnership in authority. Therefore the strength of the 'Asabiya is maintained ... -- Ibn Khaldun
Well not really to get attention, but to entertain, but you know to show some elements of rural life as well, it kind of blended all in, its kind of like a mockery in a sense, kind of stab back at people that have those stereotypical ideas of the south. -- Bubba Sparxxx
One of the saddest sights of the slums is to see the thrifty wife of the working man, with her rosy brood of children, used to country air and sunshine, used to space, privacy, good surroundings, cleanliness, quiet, shut up amid the noise and dirt and confusion, in the gloom of the slum. -- Albion Fellows Bacon
The distractions, the exhaustions, the savage noises, the demands of town life, are, for me, mortal enemies to thought, to sleep,and to study; its extremes of squalor and of splendor do not stimulate, but sadden me; certain phases of its society I profoundly value, but would sacrifice them to the heaven of country quiet, if I had to choose between. -- Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
The Americans never use the word peasant, because they have no idea of the class which that term denotes; the ignorance of more remote ages, the simplicity of rural life, and the rusticity of the villager have not been preserved among them; and they are alike unacquainted with the virtues, the vices, the coarse habits, and the simple graces of an early stage of civilization. -- Alexis de Tocqueville
Sometimes a rural life - without agricultural culture, community, or land - it means that you're a very long drive from everything. It's a big cultural isolation in terms of any kind of schooling where you could get exposed to things that might push the positive buttons. The geography of where people find themselves situated, both in metropolises and in the heartland, really starts to matter. -- Debra Granik
Life's a car ride...Sometimes it's cruise control down smooth highways. Other times it's potholes on rural roads. -- Carolyn Mackler
I took it upon myself to paint a better picture of rural life and what it is all about. -- Bubba Sparxxx
My mother was an extremely creative woman, despite the fact that she lived the life of a rural housewife. -- Pedro Almodovar
I decided in '96 to dedicate my life to mostly promoting literacy and education for girls in rural Pakistan and Afghanistan. -- Greg Mortenson
Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and all rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the door. -- Charles Lamb
I grew up in Sudan and Kenya, and lived in both the rural and urban centers of both countries throughout my life. -- Erik Hersman
Strengthening local airports in Iowa is important for economic development and improving the quality of life our rural areas and urban communities -- Chuck Grassley
Though I've lived in the rural West most of my life, I never once fell in love with a horse. Not once. Neither end. -- Edward Abbey
Although I've lived in England for more than twenty years, I still have a foreigner's passion for all the details of English history and rural life. -- Meg Rosoff
My life is the land, the dogs, the car, the motorcycle, the pond, the canoe, going to pick up mail. It's just a rural retreat that I enjoy. -- Burt Shavitz
I've been watching RFD-TV for a few years. As a person who lives mostly in the country, I appreciate a network that shows the many facets of rural life. -- Daryl Hall

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