Wes Sturges quote: "Independently owned businesses drive Charlotte's economy. And for too long this so-called small-business sector has been an afterthought in the financial scheme of things. The needs of independently owned companies and professional firms are at the heart of everything we do."

Independently owned businesses drive Charlotte's economy. And for too long this so-called small busi...
WES STURGES

We are very pleased with the growth and the way we are being received in the business community. We ...
WES STURGES

I am quite sure that a little man who braves ridicule to improve the lot of his fellow men, and is t...
PRESTON STURGES

People love to step out on a deck and not see anyone or anything except a great view. Even if the on...
AMANDA STURGES

It must be beautiful and relaxing, but it also needs to be safe -- from man-made or natural disaster...
AMANDA STURGES

A property that is pet-friendly is usually on the ground floor, not on a busy street, and perhaps wi...
AMANDA STURGES

A nice option is to own a few closely connected condos where individual households can stay. Groups ...
AMANDA STURGES

By the very nature of his art, which depends on invention and innovation, a story teller must depart...
PRESTON STURGES

For a southern belle, my grandmother was remarkably modern. She threw my grandfather out, for one th...
PRESTON STURGES

When I started doing my work years ago, I had doubts as to whether the informed-consent question was...
JOCK STURGES

I don't believe environment has the slightest bit to do with anything - I only believe in ancest...
PRESTON STURGES

Different members of different cultures will think that some things are beautiful.
JOCK STURGES

I am, of course, directly descended from Brian Boru, the last king of Ireland, a fact certified by m...
PRESTON STURGES

It is probably a very good thing for a boy to learn to live with enmity, as opposed to an atmosphere...
PRESTON STURGES

In 'Remember the Night,' love reformed her and corrupted him, which gave us the finely balan...
PRESTON STURGES

I'm the last person who has any desire to instruct anybody in shame. That's no errand for me...
JOCK STURGES

The United States owes a great debt to its inventors. Far from being grateful to them, it places eve...
PRESTON STURGES

I thought for a month or so along the lines of what I call Monsieur Beaucaire in modern clothes. By ...
PRESTON STURGES

Our gymnasium was remarkable and had more stuff in it than one could dream up in a nightmare. Furthe...
PRESTON STURGES

There's no particular evidence that any of the lower mammals or any of the other animals have an...
JOCK STURGES

I will always admit immediately to what's obvious, which is that Homo sapiens is inherently erot...
JOCK STURGES

But the truth is that Homo sapiens is a sensual species. I think all species are, to one degree or a...
JOCK STURGES

But empirically I've come to understand that my photographs really don't do any harm.
JOCK STURGES

wouldn't it be hilarious if he ran his pipes through (fill in the blank)?
PRESTON STURGES

I have always wondered why the movie industry was so firmly persuaded that the original author could...
PRESTON STURGES

I'm guilty of extraordinary naivete, I suppose. But it's a naivete that I really don't w...
JOCK STURGES

The images I like best are parts of series that I've started, in some cases, with the pregnancie...
JOCK STURGES

Of the Sturges family, much more is known than is available about poor Irish immigrants and obscure ...
PRESTON STURGES

I did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay. It was probably harder for a regular director. H...
PRESTON STURGES

Some of the people that I photographed as sticks became much more voluptuous, much rounder, in some ...
JOCK STURGES

I found myself serving a sentence of public denial from the very second the raid on my apartment hap...
JOCK STURGES

It's no small irony that the government inevitably and invariably ends up promoting precisely th...
JOCK STURGES

A virulent, aggressive minority has decided that Americans don't know themselves what it is they...
JOCK STURGES

I suppose they're like the I.R.S., ... You move once and they never send you your refund check.
PRESTON STURGES

I go through life accumulating possessions... I've always done it... and then, every once in a w...
PRESTON STURGES

I did not think that a good movie was the equivalent of a good stage play, any more than I thought a...
PRESTON STURGES

The hook is a word or an idea spoken by one character which gives the next character something to ho...
PRESTON STURGES

If somebody's pointing a trembling finger at your pants and saying you shouldn't be doing th...
JOCK STURGES

The more you stand in the limelight, the more scarred you will become and the more you will love the...
PRESTON STURGES

You people with your quests annoy the pants off me.
MATTHEW STURGES

That's the kind of movie that I like to make, where there is an invented reality and the audienc...
WES ANDERSON

I actually think that one of the most dangerous phenomena is the bowing to expertise, whether it'...
WES BOYD

You learn a lot more from those bumps than from when things are going great.
WES CRAVEN

If I'm going to be a caged bird, I'll sing the best song I can.
WES CRAVEN

I think the experience of going to a theater and seeing a movie with a lot of people is still part o...
WES CRAVEN

I wouldn't say that I'm particularly bothered or obsessed with detail.
WES ANDERSON

The party currently is about fund-raising and occasionally blasting out ads.
WES BOYD

Seek but provision of bread and wine, fools to flatter, and clothing fine; and nothing of God shall ...
WES SMITH

The chief beneficiary of life insurance policies for young, single people is the life insurance agen...
WES SMITH

Baseball is like church. Many attend but few understand.
WES WESTRUM

On Fantastic Mr. Fox, I got used to working with animated storyboards as a way of planning for the s...
WES ANDERSON

I usually set aside a lot of time in advance of a movie with important roles for kids to search, but...
WES ANDERSON

Great horror films don't win Academy Awards.
WES CRAVEN

Any romantic feelings for a 12-year-old are like entering into a fantasy world.
WES ANDERSON

There's no story if there isn't some conflict. The memorable things are usually not how pull...
WES ANDERSON

A lot of life is dealing with your curse, dealing with the cards you were given that aren't so n...
WES CRAVEN

Paris is a place where, for me, just walking down a street that I've never been down before is l...
WES ANDERSON

And Hackman had really choked up when he was telling it. It was very moving.
WES ANDERSON

A reflection of an exact image is the closest thing to you-so that you can see it-but it's far e...
WES BENTLEY

I'm Cherokee, and there were times when social expansion was something that is needed by a cultu...
WES STUDI

My experience with casting children is that... the whole movie is going to rest on their shoulders, ...
WES ANDERSON

I will say that Edward Norton, who plays the scout master, would be a first-rate Eagle Scout. He'...
WES ANDERSON

All I'm doing is rearranging the curtains in the insane asylum.
WES CRAVEN

I have a way of filming things and staging them and designing sets. There were times when I thought ...
WES ANDERSON

I have always wanted to work in the theater. I've always felt the glamour of being backstage and...
WES ANDERSON

A big part of directing is being strong in certain circumstances and taking the gamble and hope you ...
WES CRAVEN

Spiritually is finding the truth in you.
WES ADAMSON

I was anathema in polite society after I made 'Last House.' People literally would grab thei...
WES CRAVEN

All of us have our individual curses, something that we are uncomfortable with and something that we...
WES CRAVEN

A friend, Sean Cunningham, who went on to do 'Friday the 13th,' was given a small budget to ...
WES CRAVEN

Some people ask why people would go into a dark room to be scared. I say they are already scared, an...
WES CRAVEN

I've never been in a band where someone goes, 'Ah, I've got the perfect name! And it'...
WES BORLAND

Real family values have gone down the drain in modern families.
WES BORLAND

I don't know, I always had an active dream life, and there's something so profound and wonde...
WES CRAVEN

When I'm answering questions from the Denver media, I'm not worried about what the Broncos&#...
WES WELKER

Seek but provision of bread and wine, fools to flatter, and clothing fine; and nothing of God shal...
WES SMITH

Holding penalties killed us. We hit a groove in the first half, and then slowed down considerably in...
WES LITTLEFIELD

I couldn't find an actor to play Freddy Krueger with the sense of ferocity I was seeking. Everyo...
WES CRAVEN

When you're 11 or 12 years old, you can get so swept up in a book that you start to believe that...
WES ANDERSON

I like to think I'm making films in the film business where movies are making enough numbers for...
WES CRAVEN

It is a sign of decreasing self-esteem and increasing moral turpitude
WES HALL

Everyone from Tom Cruise to Jude Law was talked about for this role - and not everyone was available...
WES CRAVEN

Well, I got pretty good and went on the road with a group. We starved. At that time I didn't rea...
WES MONTGOMERY

When you do a film like 'My Soul to Take,' and people think it sucks, that hurts. We put a l...
WES CRAVEN

'To Kill a Mockingbird' was so important because it was such adult film-making - to see some...
WES CRAVEN

I never went to film school, so I never had the chance to be rejected.
WES CRAVEN

Keith has developed a lot of confidence in his technique. When he does make a mistake, he learns fro...
WES SUAN

There may be something good in silence. It's a brand new thing. You can hear the funniest little dis...
WES BORLAND

Being from the South, there isn't really a lot of great theater. You get musicals and Neil Simon pla...
WES BENTLEY

A reflection of an exact image is the closest thing to you-so that you can see it-but it's far enoug...
WES BENTLEY

Sometimes it's easier to ask forgiveness than to ask permission.
WES KEELEY

Any revolution has to start with the transformation of the individual, otherwise individuals are cor...
WES NISKER

Rachel was one of the early names that came up. As soon as we started thinking about her, we really ...
WES CRAVEN

Never underestimate the power of denial.
WES BENTLY

It's great to be thought of as the master of anything. Even idiocy. Master of idiocy, Wes Craven...
WES CRAVEN

a collection of masks, depicting historical figures in life and what I like to call the eternal repo...
WES CRAVEN

How can you have 'Scream' without Ghostface? It's like 'Friday the 13th' without...
WES CRAVEN

Whenever I go to have a meeting at Universal, the security guard just leaps to his feet and comes ov...
WES CRAVEN

European brands have a strong brand image and product lineup. We don't really expect this trend to s...
WES BROWN

I feel really good how Wes and Royal are doing right now. We've got to see some more and get more in...
WES MEIER

It was a very concise, taut script, ... I simply chose not to have a standard car chase or any of th...
WES CRAVEN

We're brining this documentary art exhibit to the D.C.-metro area in hopes to create awareness that ...
WES HAYGOOD

We really stress taking one game at a time and I think to have a streak like that, you have to focus...
WES MOORE

Usually when I'm making a movie, what I have in mind first, for the visuals, is how we can stage...
WES ANDERSON

Guys are idiots, till they're what, 40 years old.
WES BORLAND

There's no safe place in Iraq. Wherever we went, we were bombarded with artillery, rockets, mortars,...
WES SMITH

The first monster you have to scare the audience with is yourself.
WES CRAVEN

These guys have intelligence and great desire to work. For the young guys, 'patience' is not in thei...
WES SUAN

Right now, given the budget they've got for the next five years, it seems to me it's Apollo on food ...
WES HUNTRESS

That's how this (movie) felt to me, a real director- actors' piece, with two people just sitting in ...
WES CRAVEN

We felt that there should be a competitive mechanism by which pan-European companies can obtain pan-...
WES HIMES

Randy complements our line. He sees the ice really well. When the puck comes around the wall, he's g...
WES WALZ

Willie's a warrior for us. He's one of those guys when he talks, he backs up what he says. He works ...
WES WALZ

We're fine. I don't think anyone is discouraged by what happened here tonight.
WES WALZ

I don't see this team moving forward without Jacques. He's brought so much credibility and knowledge...
WES WALZ

I hate when players say it's tough to pinch-hit. That's (crap). You got to prepare your mind to come...
WES HELMS

Limp Bizkit is my main priority, but my side project, Black Light Burns, is still a labor of love. W...
WES BORLAND

I've accepted the fact that Limp Bizkit is my band, one that I'm a part of, a band that I...
WES BORLAND

I almost shouldn't be in Limp Bizkit; it's like I got matched in the factory with the wrong ...
WES BORLAND

I could have probably gone on and still played the part of the guitar player of Limp Bizkit, but mus...
WES BORLAND

Once in a while, an unfortunate boater will hit that boulder when the lake level is just right. We'r...
WES GAFFNER

I don't think it was as smooth as we would have liked tonight. Offensively we weren't moving the bal...
WES MILLER

We've had more peaks and valleys in the consistency of our play this year than, I think, any other. ...
WES WALZ

I got into this as a racer.
WES MILLER

Nobody around here has any sympathy for child molesters. The devastation they cause is like a cannon...
WES LANE

We have talked about trying to reach a security level that's comparable with medium security in a st...
WES KOOISTRA

The simple gift of giving becomes an elaborate rich aftertaste of a natural blissful feeling, linger...
WES ADAMSON

The Democratic Party had no idea how to use the Internet. They treated it like free money and then k...
WES BOYD

I've really gone into business since I got the 6 string, which was like starting all over.
WES MONTGOMERY

That's a good way to look at it. We're just glad we're still in it. If we can gain something from pl...
WES MILLER

You want every shot he takes to be contested over a hand, and you don't want to let him get anything...
WES MILLER

Absolutely. Given the security and the perimeter fencing at Moose Lake, we have no concerns about th...
WES KOOISTRA

I hope the rumor is true. If I am replaced it works to my advantage. It's predetermined that if I'm ...
WES SUAN

Those of us who work with the Ethnic Support Council would be criminals. Most people in social servi...
WES JOHNSON

I don't want to diminish the collection at all, because there are some good things here. But I think...
WES COWAN

Most of the time a customer will come in and say they want a bike because gas prices are getting out...
WES BROWN

Hawks is great, 'The Treasure of Sierra Madre,' 'The Big Sleep'... He could do the S...
WES CRAVEN

I'm not going to make any bold statements or anything, but magical things happen in March. The teams...
WES MILLER

Everybody's making horror films and, to me, not especially well.
WES CRAVEN

It's not an easy place to be - to write a horror film. You go down the stairs to the dark to fin...
WES CRAVEN

I didn't even know what a horror film was. I kind of made it up as I went along.
WES CRAVEN

I had been a college teacher. I had taught Greek mythology.
WES CRAVEN

But I made him the Deputy Secretary for Homeland Security because that added an element of political...
WES CRAVEN

From the exterior, GM's newest cars are not that different from what they had before.
WES BROWN

I knew I wasn't exactly 100 percent, but all I could do was keep trying and working because the only...
WES BROWN

And during the time when I was getting a lot of criticism and the team wasn't doing so well, I think...
WES BROWN

The gaffer put me back in, and he believed I could still do it, so I was really happy about that, bu...
WES BROWN

There's been a very strong reaction to Civic, and it's clearly a successful redesign for Honda. The ...
WES BROWN

I think there is less pressure here than what we faced in the conference tournament. You come from a...
WES MOORE

My goal is to die in my 90s on the set, say, 'That's a wrap,' after the last shot, fall ...
WES CRAVEN

To me, all guitar players can play, because I know they're getting to where they're at. It's a very ...
WES MONTGOMERY

If you don't like the news, go out and make some of your own
WES NISKER

Through the first round of league, I'd say Scappoose is the team to beat in the league.
WES ARMSTRONG

We played pretty well for two-and-a-half quarters. We fell apart late in the third, and our attitude...
WES ARMSTRONG

He has a very quick shot and a very quick first step.
WES ARMSTRONG

Overall, we worked hard and fought through a lot of adversity tonight.
WES ARMSTRONG

The game was tied with five minutes left. We had a couple questionable calls against us, and we just...
WES ARMSTRONG

He was aggressive and attacked the rim really well that night. He got fouled a lot and ended up hitt...
WES ARMSTRONG

Over half of our work force is over 45, meaning within the next 20 years, they'll be gone.
WES ANDERSON

Now we will have the funds to install it.
WES ANDERSON

One of the things I enjoyed the most is just working as an actor.
WES ANDERSON

I'd never heard anything about this at all.
WES ANDERSON

The subject of an outsider who becomes obsessed.
WES ANDERSON

It's an amazing, very rare admission. Republican pollsters have argued for the last couple of decade...
WES ANDERSON

They expect significant freezing rain on Wednesday, with the potential for some snow and sleet mixed...
WES JUNKER

The audience that would see that movie, by and large, doesn't go to see horror films, ... It was a g...
WES CRAVEN

I'm very surprised, very much. I had no idea about the quantity.
WES SMITH

We offer business training in marketing, finance, business start-up, intellectual property, manufact...
WES SAVAGE

Those are the only two films I've made in which I have significant ownership. So you can make a deal...
WES CRAVEN

I felt we could cut down on their passing lanes. We didn't get much pressure on them, but the lineba...
WES LITTLEFIELD

I never wear long sleeves. I don't like anything on my arms when I play.
WES HELMS

Ketchup left overnight on dinner plates has a longer half-life than radioactive waste.
WES SMITH

That's what's great about the horror genre is that you're getting a load of people toget...
WES CRAVEN

Playing octaves was just a coincidence. And it's still such a challenge, like chord versions, block ...
WES MONTGOMERY

I said, 'I don't know how to write a scary movie,' and he told me, 'Just pull all the skeletons out ...
WES CRAVEN

It's unusual, I agree with that. I mean, one day it's going to happen, we just didn't want it happen...
WES MILLER

If a jazz player is really playing, the classical player will have to respect him.
WES MONTGOMERY

[By trapping her on the plane with innocent people in peril, the villain] puts her in a very vulnera...
WES CRAVEN

Our industry is changing rapidly, and as a leading competitive provider in Kentucky, SE Tel needed t...
WES MAYNARD

You can't ignore the 800-pound gorilla: There's no shortage of post-9/11 jitters. I don't think anyb...
WES CRAVEN

That's Coach Williams. He made a huge adjustment, and it turned the game around for us. Switching to...
WES MILLER

A lot of life is dealing with your curse, dealing with the cards you were given that aren't so nice....
WES CRAVEN

My whole family still lives there, ... I mean, where is Cleveland anymore? They're in Cleveland Heig...
WES CRAVEN

Well, I got pretty good and went on the road with a group. We starved. At that time I didn't realize...
WES MONTGOMERY

After that, everybody-assumed I must be a terrifying person who lived in a cave. We both tried to ma...
WES CRAVEN

Everybody's making horror films and, to me, not especially well. I don't know if it's (due to) the c...
WES CRAVEN

But in the original script someone who may or may not be an assassination target was identified only...
WES CRAVEN

This is the result of plenty of advance publicity and the fact that people in Cincinnati just love M...
WES COWAN

The size of this crowd is tribute to Marge Schott. I would be surprised if most of the people here d...
WES COWAN

We showed up in Bradford unprepared to play, and the result was due to that. We had some early power...
WES PARENT

If you think it, the camera will see it.
WES CRAVEN

I wasn't allowed to see movies when I was a child. It was against the religion I was raised in, Fund...
WES CRAVEN

There may be something good in silence. It's a brand new thing. You can hear the funniest little...
WES BORLAND

I was taking electives, and that branched into theater. Theater led to me taking a break during the ...
WES BROWN

I don't know what is in store for the movie business any better than anybody else does, but it d...
WES ANDERSON

Stories and narratives are one of the most powerful things in humanity. They're devices for deal...
WES CRAVEN

I always dreamed I'd be able to contribute in a game situation and help us win games out on the floo...
WES MILLER

After all, this was the place where I’d had my first meaningful conversation with a female, it was...
WES LOCHER

[The cats] scamper in front of my legs, causing me to fall and face plant into whatever furniture is...
WES LOCHER

Ever since the robot was first invented, there have been people who swear up and down that this mark...
WES LOCHER

Independently owned businesses drive Charlotte's economy. And for too long this so-called small-business sector has been an afterthought in the financial scheme of things. The needs of independently owned companies and professional firms are at the heart of everything we do.

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Independently owned businesses drive Charlotte's economy. And for too long this so-called small-business sector has been an afterthought in the financial scheme of things. The needs of independently owned companies and professional firms are at the heart of everything we do.

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