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Today more than 20,000 communities participate in the National Flood Insurance Program. More than 90 insurance companies sell and service flood service insurance. There are more than four million policies covering the total of $800 billion.

~Gary Miller

Topics: Billion Communities Companies Covering Flood Four Insurance Insurance Companies Million More National Participate Policies Program Sell Service Than Today Total

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I go into military communities and do fundraisers and that kind of thing with the band, because I know that the music can help do a lot of things. It can bring communities together, it can raise awareness... and it entertains.

~Gary Sinise

Topics: Awareness Band Because Bring Communities Go Help Kind Know Lot Military Music Raise Thing Things Together

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Historically, San Franciscans have not valued street trees as much as other communities have.

~Gavin Newsom

Topics: Communities Historically Much Other San Street Trees Valued

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San Francisco lags behind other communities in providing a vital, vibrant and ecologically sustainable urban canopy, as well as open space in the city.

~Gavin Newsom

Topics: Behind City Communities Francisco Open Open Space Other Providing San San Francisco Space Sustainable Urban Vibrant Vital Well

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The rates of soda consumption in our poorest communities cannot be explained by individual consumer preferences alone, but rather are linked to broader issues of access and affordability of healthy foods in low-income neighborhoods, and to the marketing efforts of soda companies themselves.

~Geoffrey Canada

Topics: Access Alone Broader Cannot Communities Companies Consumer Consumption Efforts Explained Foods Healthy Individual Issues Linked Low-Income Marketing Neighborhoods Our Poorest Preferences Rates Rather Soda Themselves

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In the early '90s or so, I drove my father to Providence, Ky., his hometown, and he was pointing out, 'That's where the doctor's office was,' and 'That's where we bought ice cream.' And he was pointing to empty lots. When you lose communities, what do you have? We often survive by remembering the stories.

~George C. Wolfe

Topics: Bought Communities Cream Doctor Drove Early Empty Father He His Hometown Ice Ice Cream Lose Lots Office Often Out Pointing Providence Remembering Stories Survive Where You

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Theater should address the stories of its communities, or I don't know why it's here.

~George C. Wolfe

Topics: Address Communities Here Know Should Stories Theater Why

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We are a nation of communities... a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.

~George H. W. Bush

Topics: Brilliant Broad Communities Diversity Light Like Nation Peaceful Points Sky Spread Stars Thousand

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The administration is using the devastation of Hurricane Katrina to cut the wages of people desperately trying to rebuild their lives and their communities.

~George Miller

Topics: Administration Communities Cut Desperately Devastation Hurricane Hurricane Katrina Katrina Lives People Rebuild Trying Using Wages

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Our young immigrants have a lot to offer. They are motivated and hard-working, and in many cases have already contributed significantly to our society - by excelling in school, by volunteering in their communities, or by serving in the military.

~Gerald Chertavian

Topics: Cases Communities Hard-Working Immigrants Lot Many Military Motivated Offer Our School Serving Society Young

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