This is an area where North Carolina does excel. I have known more colorful North Carolina political figures than I have colorless ones. – Jesse Helms
Sting was one of my first and biggest influences. One night in North Carolina, when I reached out and touched his shoulder, he had the face paint on, and I didn’t know why, but I loved it. I wanted to be just like him, and I was only 11 years old. – Jeff Hardy
Even with the fact that I grew up in North Carolina, ‘Jim Rash’ just screams ‘Southern boy.’ – Jim Rash
I was an organizer in the Food, Agricultural and Tobacco Workers Union down in North Carolina. – Al Lewis
I actually did Shakespeare when I was at North Carolina School of the Arts. I studied with Gerald Freedman and Mary Irwin – it was fun; I enjoyed it. – Billy Magnussen
I first met Jim Valvano in the 1980s when he was a frequent guest on our CNN ‘Coaches Corner’ show based in Atlanta, as he was always in the area recruiting the next North Carolina State basketball phenom. – Craig Sager
I’m always happy to have the President visit North Carolina. Unfortunately, the citizens of North Carolina who could be most adversely affected by the President’s plan have not been invited to the discussion. – Mel Watt
I had some friends here from North Carolina who’d never seen a homer, so I gave them a couple. – Catfish Hunter
I met people when we lived down in Raleigh who’d ask where I grew up, and I’d say about two hours west of Asheville, and they’d say they didn’t know there was any North Carolina two hours west of Asheville. It was in many ways an isolated place. – Charles Frazier
Well, I’m a huge fan of Ryan Adams, who’s from North Carolina. And he’s beginning to break really quite big. – Elton John
I randomly went to a casting session in my hometown in North Carolina, and the casting director introduced me to my manager. I really lucked into it! – Maddie Hasson
North Carolina needs to revamp the tax code completely. We have some of the highest tax rates, like the corporate tax rate, in the country. – David Rouzer
As Governor of North Carolina for two terms, I made improving education a top priority. – Michael F. Easley
As you may know, previously as Attorney General and now as Governor, I have supported legislation to close the gun show loophole in North Carolina. – Michael F. Easley
When I was 8 years old, I saw ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ in Charlotte, North Carolina. I walked out of there and was so inspired. I loved the movie, and I knew I wanted to be that guy. – Dwayne Johnson
I grew up in a university town in eastern North Carolina – what’s called Tobacco Road. It was very rural. – Garth Risk Hallberg
I originally worked as an archaeologist in North Carolina, and when bones were found police would take them out to the bones lady at the university, and that was me. – Kathy Reichs
The University of North Carolina provided me with every tool necessary to rise to the top of my profession. – Rick Dees
Increased funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program is a priority for the Bush Administration, and I am pleased that many families in North Carolina will benefit from this increase. – Richard Burr
I grew up in a small farming town called Concord, outside Charlotte in North Carolina. – Skeet Ulrich
I didn’t grow up on any sort of border; more in the middle of nowhere, in rural eastern North Carolina. – Tim Pratt
I have a 60-acre farm in North Carolina, and I have a tractor and a farmhouse. As soon as I groom the land, I want to put cabins around and have a place where people can write and hang out. It’ll be either that or an all-black nudist colony. – Zach Galifianakis
I am a Protestant. I am a communicant at the Church of the Holy Family, an Episcopal church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. – Stanley Hauerwas
