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I take great pride in the fact that I have lived in a Spanish-speaking country. -- Christopher Dodd
From what I can see, too many kids don't learn pride in their country anymore. -- John Ratzenberger
Really, it's only been since the '70s that Canadians have had any pride in their country. -- Dave Foley
There is no country in the world with the diversity, confidence and talent and black pride like Nigeria. -- Binyavanga Wainaina
I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody. -- Loretta Lynn
One of the things people don't really recognise about the similarities between country and hip-hop is that they're celebrations of pride in a lifestyle. -- Taylor Swift
I grew up in a socialist country. And I have seen what that does to people. There is no hope, no freedom. No pride in achievement. -- Thomas Peterffy
Judaism will be enmeshed in pride and shame for as long as it endures. But to endure as a country, Israel must shun both these tendencies. -- Elizabeth Wurtzel
The United States prides itself on being the richest country in the world. Yet we can't balance the budget, pay for education, or take care of the aged and infirm. -- Paul Hawken
Kiwis must not fall behind the standards of other countries. We pride ourselves on our quality of life. Thus we must pave the road in the right way for the future generations. -- Kylie Bax
Now the master paid a number of visits to England and, as a Cambridge man, it is a source of pride that he taught there for a longer period than elsewhere in my country. -- John G. D. Clark
This country can no longer afford to choose our leaders from a talent pool limited by sex, race, money, powerful fathers and paper degrees. It's time to take equal pride in breaking all the barriers. -- Gloria Steinem
Well, I am producing a show that's going to be on NBC this fall. It's called 'School Pride,' and it's a reality show where we're going around the country and renovating schools. It's really great. -- Cheryl Hines
Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that a nation's support of its arts is a matter of both national pride and cultural survival? -- Theodore Bikel
I think there's enough room in country music for everybody. -- Charley Pride
It isn't reasonable to expect that everyone in the world is a country music fan. Not yet, anyway. -- Charley Pride
What qualifies me to tell people how to act or what to think? I'm Charley Pride, country singer. Period. -- Charley Pride
The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls. -- Charley Pride
What we don't need in country music is divisiveness, public criticism of each other, and some arbitrary judgement of what belongs and what doesn't. -- Charley Pride
Until MTV, television had not been a huge influence on music. To compete with MTV, the country music moguls felt they had to appeal to the same young audience and do it the way MTV did. -- Charley Pride
Love of country follows from the exercise of its freedoms, not from pride in its fleets or its armies. -- Lewis H. Lapham
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Our veterans connect generations and Canadians. As a country and as individuals, we gain in pride and in purpose from their deeds and their service. -- Paul Martin
When we retreat to the country, we are hiding not from people, but from our pride, which, in the city and among people, operates unfairly and immoderately. -- Anton Chekhov
My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
There were no guarantees that country music, whose roots were in the South, were ready for Charley Pride. -- Charley Pride

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