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Town Quotes

A small town is automatically a world of pretense. Since everyone knows everyone else’s business, it becomes the job of the populace to act as if they don’t know what is going on instead of its being their job to try to find out Picture Quote #1

It was easy to see how upsetting it would be if women began to love freely where love came to them. An abyss would open in the principal shopping street of every town Picture Quote #1

The nice thing about living in a small town is that when you don’t know what you’re doing, someone else does Picture Quote #1

It gets laughed at because it is a small town, I know, but nevertheless it is a place where great men may be born any day, for fair winds and foul blow right on over it without distinction Picture Quote #1

Truth is like nuclear waste: it needs to be dealt with carefully. Sometimes it needs to be buried way, way out of town. And sometimes it should never be uncovered at all Picture Quote #1

A literary movement: five or six people who live in the same town and hate each other Picture Quote #1

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Every town, like every man, has its own countenance; they have a common likeness and yet are different; one keeps in his mind all their peculiar touches Picture Quote #1

Any deviation from the ordinary course of life in this quiet town was enough to stop all progress in it Picture Quote #1

Most think that they are above being supported by the town; but it oftener happens that they are not above supporting themselves by dishonest means, which would be more disreputable Picture Quote #1

You have to love a town where you can both smoke and gamble in a pharmacy Picture Quote #1

I grew up in church and I don’t think I necessarily understood what it meant to be called into the culture and the community in the city that you’re in or the town that you’re in and live effectively and be informed and be gracious with people Picture Quote #1

I know when I go outside, there’ll be a van or two and they’ll probably follow us four out of seven days a week, trying to get something. But I’m just going across town and I know they’re just wasting their day, so it doesn’t bother me anymore Picture Quote #1

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Every town has the same two malls: the one white people go to and the one white people used to go to Picture Quote #1

Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip Picture Quote #1

I’ve got young kids, so it suits me to do a job which keeps me in town right now Picture Quote #1

I was the kind of kid whose parents would drop him off at the local town library on their way to work, and I’d go and work my way through the children’s area Picture Quote #1

Learn from me, if not by my precepts, then by my example, how dangerous is the pursuit of knowledge and how much happier is that man who believes his native town to be the world than he who aspires to be greater than his nature will allow Picture Quote #1

When the biggest, richest, glassiest buildings in town are the banks, you know that town’s in trouble Picture Quote #1

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A garden, you know, is a very usual refuge of a disappointed politician. Accordingly, I have purchased a few acres about nine miles from town, have built a house, and am cultivating a garden Picture Quote #1

No town can fail of beauty, though its walks were gutters and its houses hovels, if venerable trees make magnificent colonnades along its streets Picture Quote #1

There isn’t much to be seen in a little town, but what you hear makes up for it Picture Quote #1

Madam, a circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge; it blossoms through the year. And depend on it that they who are so fond of handling the leaves, will long for the fruit at last Picture Quote #1

A town is saved, not more by the righteous men in it, than by the woods and swamps that surround it Picture Quote #1

My grandfather had a particularly important influence on my life, even though I didn’t visit him often, since he lived about three miles out of town and he died when I was six. He was remarkably curious about the world, and he read lots of books Picture Quote #1

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There’s a major underlying idea as you grow up that you need to just save your money and get that affordable housing at the edge of town where you’re away from the city where all the crime happens or whatever Picture Quote #1

I was from a small town, and nobody really expects you to leave, especially before you graduate. That doesn’t happen Picture Quote #1

We still have community, but we don’t seem to have local community. Even in a small town where you know your neighbors and your mother’s down the street, they’re not in arm’s length Picture Quote #1

When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses other people. It is excessively boring Picture Quote #1

And in some of the people of the town and community surrounding it, one of the characteristic diseases of the twentieth century was making its way: the suspicion that they would be greatly improved if they were somewhere else Picture Quote #1

What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore it knows it’s not fooling a soul Picture Quote #1

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A small town is automatically a world of pretense. Since everyone knows everyone else’s business, it becomes the job of the populace to act as if they don’t know what is going on instead of its being their job to try to find out (Town Quotes) It was easy to see how upsetting it would be if women began to love freely where love came to them. An abyss would open in the principal shopping street of every town (Town Quotes) The nice thing about living in a small town is that when you don’t know what you’re doing, someone else does (Town Quotes) It gets laughed at because it is a small town, I know, but nevertheless it is a place where great men may be born any day, for fair winds and foul blow right on over it without distinction (Town Quotes) Truth is like nuclear waste: it needs to be dealt with carefully. Sometimes it needs to be buried way, way out of town. And sometimes it should never be uncovered at all (Town Quotes) A literary movement: five or six people who live in the same town and hate each other (Town Quotes) Every town, like every man, has its own countenance; they have a common likeness and yet are different; one keeps in his mind all their peculiar touches (Town Quotes) Any deviation from the ordinary course of life in this quiet town was enough to stop all progress in it (Town Quotes) Most think that they are above being supported by the town; but it oftener happens that they are not above supporting themselves by dishonest means, which would be more disreputable (Town Quotes) You have to love a town where you can both smoke and gamble in a pharmacy (Town Quotes) I grew up in church and I don’t think I necessarily understood what it meant to be called into the culture and the community in the city that you’re in or the town that you’re in and live effectively and be informed and be gracious with people (Town Quotes) I know when I go outside, there’ll be a van or two and they’ll probably follow us four out of seven days a week, trying to get something. But I’m just going across town and I know they’re just wasting their day, so it doesn’t bother me anymore (Town Quotes) Every town has the same two malls: the one white people go to and the one white people used to go to (Town Quotes) Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip (Town Quotes) I’ve got young kids, so it suits me to do a job which keeps me in town right now (Town Quotes) I was the kind of kid whose parents would drop him off at the local town library on their way to work, and I’d go and work my way through the children’s area (Town Quotes) Learn from me, if not by my precepts, then by my example, how dangerous is the pursuit of knowledge and how much happier is that man who believes his native town to be the world than he who aspires to be greater than his nature will allow (Town Quotes) When the biggest, richest, glassiest buildings in town are the banks, you know that town’s in trouble (Town Quotes) A garden, you know, is a very usual refuge of a disappointed politician. Accordingly, I have purchased a few acres about nine miles from town, have built a house, and am cultivating a garden (Town Quotes) No town can fail of beauty, though its walks were gutters and its houses hovels, if venerable trees make magnificent colonnades along its streets (Town Quotes) There isn’t much to be seen in a little town, but what you hear makes up for it (Town Quotes) Madam, a circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge; it blossoms through the year. And depend on it that they who are so fond of handling the leaves, will long for the fruit at last (Town Quotes) A town is saved, not more by the righteous men in it, than by the woods and swamps that surround it (Town Quotes) My grandfather had a particularly important influence on my life, even though I didn’t visit him often, since he lived about three miles out of town and he died when I was six. He was remarkably curious about the world, and he read lots of books (Town Quotes) There’s a major underlying idea as you grow up that you need to just save your money and get that affordable housing at the edge of town where you’re away from the city where all the crime happens or whatever (Town Quotes) I was from a small town, and nobody really expects you to leave, especially before you graduate. That doesn’t happen (Town Quotes) We still have community, but we don’t seem to have local community. Even in a small town where you know your neighbors and your mother’s down the street, they’re not in arm’s length (Town Quotes) When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses other people. It is excessively boring (Town Quotes) And in some of the people of the town and community surrounding it, one of the characteristic diseases of the twentieth century was making its way: the suspicion that they would be greatly improved if they were somewhere else (Town Quotes) What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore it knows it’s not fooling a soul (Town Quotes)

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