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title: "8 Outside Philadelphia Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abbi-jacobson/i-m-from-outside-philadelphia-a-town-called-wayne-which-is-like-25/)

[Abbi Jacobson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abbi-jacobson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bff/abbi-jacobson-10659_like_i-m-from-outside-philadelphia-a-town-cal_430916.jpg)

> [By the time I was in first grade, we had settled in New Jersey, and that's where I grew up, outside of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-doolittle/by-the-time-i-was-in-first-grade-we-had-settled-in-new-jersey-and/)

[Sean Doolittle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-doolittle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b9/sean-doolittle-15057_country_by-the-time-i-was-in-first-grade-we-had_549440.jpg)

> [On coaching the 1970s Philadelphia Flyers: Nobody likes us. Nobody outside Philadelphia, that is. In fact, the nicest thing people say about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-shero/on-coaching-the-1970s-philadelphia-flyers-nobody-likes-us-nobody/)

[Fred Shero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-shero/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/578/fred-shero-35700_bunch_on-coaching-the-1970s-philadelphia-flyer_901730.jpg)

> [I was born in a suburb outside of Philadelphia called Lower Merion. After taking many leaves of absence, I just received my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gideon-glick/i-was-born-in-a-suburb-outside-of-philadelphia-called-lower-merion/)

[Gideon Glick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gideon-glick/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/409/gideon-glick-39845_absence_i-was-born-in-a-suburb-outside-of-philad_1049201.jpg)

> [I have always been 'small town.' I was born outside of Philadelphia, so we lived on a 20-acre farm and then spent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lzzy-hale/i-have-always-been-small-town-i-was-born-outside-of-philadelphia-so/)

[Lzzy Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lzzy-hale/)

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> [My home was in a pleasant place outside of Philadelphia. But I really lived, truly lived, somewhere else. I lived within the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-quindlen/my-home-was-in-a-pleasant-place-outside-of-philadelphia-but-i-really/)

[Anna Quindlen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-quindlen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c22/anna-quindlen-467_book_my-home-was-in-a-pleasant-place-outside_1761109.png)

> [I grew up outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a little town, and went to a regular high school. I was a... very average…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i-king-jordan/i-grew-up-outside-philadelphia-pennsylvania-in-a-little-town-and-went/)

[I. King Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/i-king-jordan/)

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> [I grew up in a small town outside Philadelphia and went to the local high school, where I ran track all four…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-a-schwarzman/i-grew-up-in-a-small-town-outside-philadelphia-and-went-to-the-local/)

[Stephen A. Schwarzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-a-schwarzman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/825/stephen-a-schwarzman-6794_high_i-grew-up-in-a-small-town-outside-philad_2868614.jpg)

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