My grandfather had a particularly important influence on my life, even though I didn't visit him often, since he lived about three… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Folks, some of these town halls are clearly organized. But, regardless, there are potential warning signs that Republicans perhaps shouldn't ignore.We heard… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
Town after town has but one newspaper or one radio station. It is often owned by Murdoch. Yes, we don't have as… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a small-town doctor and he used to say that I was missing a gene that told me that some… — Paul Budnitz Copy Share Image
Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far… — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
In the great cities we see so little of the world, we drift into our minority. In the little towns and villages… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
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I was born in a very small town in North Dakota, a town of only about 350 people. I lived there until… — Warren Christopher Copy Share Image
The bad thing about living in a small town was that everything became a personal issue. The good thing about living in… — Linda Howard Copy Share Image
Only in Texas can mesquite have its own festival, then there's a crawfish festival, a festival for strawberries, everything has its own… — Kevin Fowler Copy Share Image
Houston is a cruel, crazy town on a filthy river in East Texas with no zoning laws and a culture of sex,… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
This speaker reminds me of my childhood in Budapest. There were gypsy magicians who came to town to entertain us children. But… — Theodore von Karman Copy Share Image
[Bad Influence]was David Koepp's first big screenplay. It was actually a writing sample that was around town to get David work at… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
Although you might have to creep about at night and lie to your mum it’s actually one of the more honest art… — Banksy Copy Share Image
I had gone to a talent show, I was interested in American hip-hop music, with my older brother, to another town and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I was sixteen, I began to think outside the box of my small town. Not that the people in my small… — Ronee Blakley Copy Share Image
I paint; I'm a woman but I don't paint china. The first time I got a canvas I felt free. Art is… — Alice Neel Copy Share Image
I have so much joy in my life. I love my husband and kids so much. So much love. I'm also more… — Lisa Loeb Copy Share Image
There is something inexpressibly beautiful in the unused day, something beautiful in the fact that it is still untouched, unsoiled; and town… — Margaret E. Barber Copy Share Image
We're the victims of a disease called social prejudice, my child. These dear ladies of the law and order league are scouring… — Dudley Nichols Copy Share Image
We know our neighbors - so far as we have the right to know them. We hear of their joys and their… — Laura E. Richards Copy Share Image
I guess I haven't really done anything romantic for anyone. I think my boyfriend is more romantic than I am. I think… — Emma Roberts Copy Share Image
In town and in country there must be landscapes where we can walk in safety, pick fruit, cycle, work, sleep, swim, listen… — Tom Turner Copy Share Image
Ooh, big day in town for our park warden,” I said. “They’re even making you wear the uniform. Hayley’s mom will be… — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
The marketplace for books when I entered the business shortly after World War II consisted of a thousand or so well stocked… — Jason Epstein Copy Share Image
I was a crown attorney in my home town in Nova Scotia, and I learned that victims of crime needed better laws… — Peter MacKay Copy Share Image
My mom had this inate ability. Whatever town my mother moved to, the second she walked into town, she would instantly attract… — Christopher Titus Copy Share Image
At that time there was, but they didn't have the guitar I wanted. There are only about 2000 people there and the… — Freedy Johnston Copy Share Image
Ignore him," Heather begged. "I do. Constantly." Jean-Luc studied the coach, then turned to Heather with a wary look. "Every man in… — Kerrelyn Sparks Copy Share Image
“Long ago the country bore the country-town and nourished it with her best blood. Now the giant city sucks the country dry,… — Oswald Spengler Copy Share Image
When I arrived in New York I was definitely the worst player in town! It was just a measure of how far… — Paul Bley 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
All eyes, all attention at the federal level, are on al Qaeda and the war on terror. Fact is, al Qaeda wouldn't… — Michael Nutter Copy Share Image
Earlier I've done hatever I could get my hands on to do for a living. I tried a couple of different things,… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
All who have travelled through the delicious scenery of North Devon must needs know the little white town of Bideford, which slopes… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
Glorious, stirring sight!" murmured Toad. . . . "The poetry of motion! The real way to travel! The only way to travel!… — Kenneth Grahame Copy Share Image
The American independent cinema is as formulaic as Hollywood and one genre is what you might call the 'inaction movie'. The setting… — Philip French Copy Share Image
I'd come into town from the bush - after 28 years of field work in natural systems - and become an academic.… — Bill Mollison Copy Share Image
In our town there was a Gestapo officer who loved to play chess. After the occupation began, he found out that my… — Bruno Schulz Copy Share Image
There are seasons of our lives when nothing seems to be happening, when no smoke betrays a burned town or homestead and… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image