“Small towns blossomed by elevators and the trains Once every 14 miles along the prairie veins We were born of progress, now… — Phyllis Wheaton Copy Share Image
From our small towns to our big cities, every Pennsylvania community has a main street - they are critical to our economic… — Josh Shapiro Copy Share Image
In small towns, bored teenagers turn their eyes longingly to the exciting doings in the big cities, pining for urban amenities like… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
It is interesting to be here and to see that for certain actors they have to live in a way that you… — Bill Condon Copy Share Image
We believe that the best of America is not all in Washington, D.C. ... We believe that the best of America is… — Sarah Copy Share Image
I've had gay friends who grew up in small towns in France who had to lie for most of their lives, even… — Guillaume Canet Copy Share Image
I might add that in small towns, we don't quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
I don't think I'll ever lose the feeling that I had when I read 'To Kill a Mockingbird' - Harper Lee was… — Chris Crutcher Copy Share Image
“It used to be that you could get a lot of recognition by writing about Canada, as long as it was about… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
“Did I tell you about Anton?" Loots said. Anton?" I shook my head. It was a week ago, Loots said. There had… — Rupert Thomson Copy Share Image
“I was too smart and that made people uncomfortable--most folks where we've lived our whole lives don't trust too much intelligence in… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“She wondered how many towns like this existed all over the country?Bucolic scenery on the outside, with its own private soap operas,… — Jaime Allison Parker Copy Share Image
“But the most profound irony is currently on display at the very site of Ford’s most ambitious attempt to realize his pastoralist… — Greg Grandin Copy Share Image
The number of humble-bees in any district depends in a great degree on the number of field-mice, which destroy their combs and… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
The burning issue of our time is the growing inequality in income and wealth in our country, and it's got to be… — Tom Harkin Copy Share Image
The fortunate and successful New Urbanists will be the ones who can find local infill projects in small towns and small cities… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
What we don't talk about enough is Ohio's unique and remarkable quality of life. We are a state of cities, small towns… — Bob Taft Copy Share Image
Walmart's period of explosive growth coincided with decades of wage stagnation and deindustrialization. By applying relentless downward pressure on prices and wages,… — George Packer Copy Share Image
“There’s a reason you probably haven’t heard much about this aspect of the heartland. This kind of blight can’t be easily blamed… — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
I once gave a workshop and I asked the women poets there, If you went back to that little town you've come… — Eavan Boland Copy Share Image
