I grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts. My background was modest, and I worked at a Portuguese bakery in town.
I don't know if I have a legacy, but I will say that I'm proud of the fact that I'm from a small town in a small state and I've had more than a small impact.
Hain't we got all the fools in town on our side? And hain't that a big enough majority in any town?
New Haven cultivates. . . an open gloom that seems happy to acknowledge disrepair and the superfluity of appearance. . . . I realized that what cramped the town was the weight of unwritten volumes: they scored lines of unfinished writing on every second face that walked the streets.
I'm so uncomfortable wearing colors in public. I really am. Even denim. If I've got a day off in a town, I want to go out for a walk I'll put on denim. But almost everything I've got the black on.
My dad was the town drunk. Most of the time that's not so bad; but New York City?
That's my point: What's she [Hillary Clinton] got to show for her 30 years around town? Right on!
So get up, get, get get down 911 is a joke in yo town
My family was a good family, I had a great Canadian education and I came up in a great, little town like Ottawa.
It takes a small town to keep you humble.
One of the pleasant things about small town life is that everyone, whether rich or poor, liked or disliked, has some kind of a role and place in the community. I never felt that living in a city - as I once did for a couple of years.
I asked a coughing friend of mine why he doesn't stop smoking. 'In this town it wouldn't do any good,' he explained. 'I happen to be a chain breather. '
When people read his books they have an uncontrollable desire to hang the author in the town square. I can’t think of a higher honor for a writer.
You've always lived here, right?" Sarah asked. "Except for the years I went to college. " "Didn't you ever want to move away? To experience something new?" "Like bistros?" She nudged him playfully with her elbow. "No, not just that. Cities have a vibrancy, a sense of excitement that you can't find in a small town. " "I don't doubt it. But to be honest, I've never been interested in things like that. I don't need those things to make me happy. A nice quiet place to unwind at the end of the day, beautiful views, a few good friends. What else is there?
When I travel I normally eat club sandwiches or I bring my own food. When you go into a new town, it's very had to find a good place to eat.
And then the turbines generate electricity that goes into the whole town. " "You mean they aren't powered by giant hamsters on wheels? I was misinformed.
But people in a small town tend to do a lot of talking, even when they don’t know what they’re talking about.
I was always moved by all of the music. As a young man, Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton, Count Basie and all these great musicians would come through our town of Memphis. There wasn't adequate hotels, so these musicians - the lady who ran the theater knew my mother, who had a large house, and many of them would stay with us. So that was another great blessing, so I'm always around these great geniuses, and to realize their humanity is such a touching thing.
If Washington is a two-party town, why can't Hollywood be one too?
If your ideas are bigger than the town you're in, you've got to get out of there.
