When I was a kid down there it was always a dream to go to a Nebraska game but when you live… — Larry the Cable Guy Copy Share Image
“He had to accept the fate of every newcomer to a small town where there are plenty of tongues that gossip and… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“The town wakes early, like it does every day; small towns need a head start if they’re going to have any chance… — Fredrik Backman Copy Share Image
They say people from small towns have big dreams and that pretty much describes me. I had big dreams growing up and… — Clay Guida Copy Share Image
People from small towns have to have their edges roughed up to get along in the world. But as a street reporter,… — Bill Kurtis Copy Share Image
Those who live in small towns definitely are the ones who have so much of apnapan, as compared to the cold-hearted people… — Manini Mishra Copy Share Image
I love New York, but am happy to be away from it. I really like small towns, with welcoming barbecue restaurants. — David Burnett Copy Share Image
It's very hard for people that live in the small towns to be able to buy a certain kind of clothes because… — Fabio Lanzoni Copy Share Image
I'm interested in smokers standing on ledges, and big box stores, the rise of the suburbs, and the hollowing out of small… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
And I couldn't make fun of her for that dream. It was my dream, too. And Indian boys weren't supposed to dream… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Many small towns I know in Maine are as tight-knit and interdependent as those I associate with rural communities in India or… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
The EPA's [Clean Power Plan] is another example of Washington's lack of understanding when it comes to rural and Western energy issues.… — Ann Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
To read the papers and to listen to the news... one would think the country is in terrible trouble. You do not… — Charles Kuralt Copy Share Image
“LA is very different from New York. New York is a huge, dense metropolis. LA is a bunch of small towns all… — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
The thing is, you can’t always have the best of everything. Because for a life to be real, you need it all:… — Sarah Dessen 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 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
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 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 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
You got into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been… — Barack Obama 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
“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
I've seen it [Australia] go from a lot of small towns to big towns, but I think it has found its identity… — Suzi Quatro Copy Share Image
In the years when teenagers really need to be connected to somebody, they aren't; especially in small towns where kids are bored… — Dash Mihok Copy Share Image
“I think small towns are the closest to heaven you can get on earth. I'm glad that some other people, my wonderful… — Diana Palmer Copy Share Image
I really love Durham more than any place I've ever been; some small towns can be really provincial and strangling, but Durham… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
“(This town) doesn't look like anything; it isn't anything. Its five tin-roofed huts cling to the skinny tracks of the Uganda Railway… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
There are so many people who don't know small towns exist. When I write, I want to give my readers two things:… — Jan Karon 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
When you're touring and if you go to a party, there's automatically a celebrity-audience distance. It follows you around, especially when you're… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I grew up with this crazy upbringing of living many places and always being the new kid in town, not like a… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
I've chronicled a time when I was 17, 18, utterly terrified that you're not gonna get anywhere with whatever you want to… — Sam Fender Copy Share Image