My father... removed from Kentucky to... Indiana, in my eighth year... It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up... Of course when I came of age, I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher... but that was all.
Abraham Lincoln
Tyler Kent was a horrible man. He was a rabid anti-communist who believed that the Jews had been behind the Russian Revolution.
Adam Curtis
Tyler Kent himself is weird and mesmerising - but still unrepentantly anti-Semitic.
In April 2001, I visited Big Bone Lick State Park in Kentucky. The heaps of mastodon and other large skeletons that used to loom out of the brackish backwaters along the Ohio River here are long gone, though the occasional big bone sometimes comes to light.
Adrienne Mayor
I dreamed of having a Gibson. I had a cheap Kent - you know, a Japanese guitar - and then a Kanora, a Japanese guitar. I borrowed a friend's Harmony for years. To have a Gibson was really, really my dream as a kid.
Alex Lifeson
My parents got me a $25 Kent steel-string acoustic guitar when I was around 12. The following Christmas, my parents bought me a Conora electric guitar. It looked almost like a Gretsch. It cost $59, and my mom still has it.
I was 16 before I met another passionate collector. One summer, I visited England; a new friend took me calling on his dotty, brilliant old aunt. She occupied a quaint house in Kent. Its walls were lined with glass-fronted cases full of what? Ancient shoe buckles.
Allan Gurganus
Zaha Hadid's Maxxi Museum is proof that Rome and contemporary architecture are no longer a paradox. The building is characteristic Hadid - with curving lines and organic shapes - and the permanent collection already boasts works by Francesco Clemente, William Kentridge, and Gerhard Richter.
Amanda Hearst
Most Americans don't know how beautiful an area of the country Kentucky is.
Amul Thapar
My boyfriend has always been a collector of art. He once rang up Paul Kenton and asked him to paint a New York skyline for me. He did, and it is the first painting that has ever been painted just for me.
Amy Macdonald
We're seeing that the well-funded, sort of 'having the establishment backing' doesn't really help you. In fact, you know people are sort of tired of that - they don't trust the Democratic National Party. Many Democrats in Kentucky don't. They are looking for somebody who is honest.
Amy McGrath
You know, I would say that I understand why the voters in Kentucky voted for Donald Trump. They are tired of the swamp. They are tired of the dysfunction.
Frankly, voters in Kentucky really don't like both political parties.
It's not about left or right, red or blue. It's about doing what is right for Kentucky.
I will give everyday Kentuckians a voice in Washington - not just special interests or the wealthiest 1%.
Trump promised to bring back jobs. He promised to lower drug prices for so many Kentuckians. And that is very important.
When I left Kentucky at age 18 to attend the U.S. Naval Academy and lifted my right hand to swear the oath to defend our Constitution, I did so willingly.
The ACA is far from perfect, but through Kynect and expanded Medicaid, it enabled more than 400,000 Kentuckians - especially those with pre-existing conditions - to get affordable health insurance for the first time.
Every Kentuckian deserves to be able to visit the doctor and get the treatment they need, and no one should have to choose between filling their prescriptions and paying their rent.
I left home at 18, but I still voted in Kentucky. Every holiday, I came home to Kentucky.
We can actually do some very practical things that can help people's lives and make life better for Kentuckians and that's what I'm all about.
If you look at why many Kentuckians voted for President Trump, for example, they voted for an outsider. They voted for somebody who was gonna shake up the system. He promised to drain the swamp. And, you know, my message is you can't do that until you get rid of Senator McConnell.
Mitch McConnell is not well liked. Many Kentuckians feel that he has left them behind, that he is a part of the D.C. sort of swamp, the system that has left so many Kentuckians behind, that is really dysfunctional.
Many Kentuckians are benefiting from it. Even Republican Kentuckians are benefiting from the Affordable Care Act.
I deeply wish to help move Kentucky and our country forward and I can assure you that I will continue to speak out on the important issues of the day.
I am further left, I am more progressive, than anyone in the state of Kentucky.
Kentuckians voted for Donald Trump because they wanted to drain the swamp and lower prescription drug prices. A lot of what has stood in the way of what Donald Trump promised is Senator McConnell.
Growing up in northern Kentucky, honesty, integrity and character were revered traits, and - with my family - I looked to the greatest generation of Americans who saved the world during World War II.
We need a new generation of leaders who can put their country over their political party to do what's right for Kentucky and are not bought off by special interests.
Every Kentuckian, regardless of background, should have access to a job that pays a living wage.
I travelled through the night in a bus with the Kentucky Tea Party en route to a massive rally in Washington. For the most part I found them decent, self-reliant, regular Americans who feared the American Dream was now over, not just for them but for their children and grandchildren.
Both my parents were atheists, and my grandmother was an atheist in rural Kentucky, and so they were trying to make sure that my brother and I would be atheists, too, and it worked, which doesn't mean that they didn't teach us a lot of wonder of science and of nature and the world and all of that.
Just like my kids, I was raised with our Kentucky values. We treat everyone with respect, and we look out for our neighbors.
I'll be a governor that fights for Kentucky families.
Like half of Kentucky, my family has pre-existing conditions.
When I say I'm going to be a governor for all Kentuckians, I mean it.
Instead of insulting our teachers and tearing down public education, I believe in a Kentucky where we put students and teachers first - and I'll work to do just that by fixing some of the greatest challenges they face every day.
I'll be a governor who looks out for Kentucky families.
Instead of attacking and dividing our people, I'll be a governor laser-focused on creating opportunity for all Kentuckians. I'll expand growth industries like agritech and advanced manufacturing.
Expanded gaming is a long-overdue and common sense way to make Kentucky more competitive and protect the hard-earned pensions of our teachers and first responders.
My vision for Western Kentucky's economy is to turn the region into a world leader in agritech.
I have deep family roots in Western Kentucky.
Prioritizing infrastructure will not only improve the quality of life of every Kentuckian, it will also make Kentucky more competitive for the jobs of the future in key growth industries like agritech and advanced manufacturing, while creating good-paying construction jobs along the way.
From the water we drink to the roads and bridges we travel each morning and evening, infrastructure touches every Kentuckian, every day.
We're focused on creating good-paying jobs of the future, where Kentucky has the opportunity to lead the country.
As governor, I'll treat all Kentucky families with dignity and respect.
My granddad and great granddad were Baptist preachers from Western Kentucky.
Kentuckians deserve to have confidence in our elected leaders.
This is about right vs. wrong - and focusing on our values of faith, family and hard work so we can help Kentucky families who are falling behind. While Matt Bevin cares about the special interests, we're fighting to improve public education, expand access to health care, protect pensions, and create more good-paying jobs.
Kentuckians deserve a governor who will support affordable health care, a secure retirement, and respect the rights of workers like access to safe working conditions and wages that can support a family.