“The hotel was once where things coalesced, where you could meet both townspeople and travelers. Not so in a motel. No matter how you build it, the motel remains the haunt of the quick and dirty, where the only locals are Chamber of Commerce boys every fourth Thursday. Who ever heard the returning traveler exclaim over one of the great motels of the world he stayed in? Motels can be big, but never grand.” WorldMatterBigsBoysHeardRemainsLocalsDirtyHotelFourthCommerceTravelerChamberThursdayMotelsChamber Of Commerce Author:William Least Heat-Moon
“We have fish and chips, which W. and I fetch from the shop in Settle market-place. Some local boys come in and there is a bit of chat between them and the fish-fryer about whether the kestrel under the counter is for sale. Only when I mention it to W. does he explain Kestrel is now a lager. I imagine the future is going to contain an increasing number of incidents like this, culminating with a man in a white coat saying to one kindly, "And now can you tell me the name of the Prime Minister?"” MenDoeNamesBitsWhiteNumbersBoysImagineFishesLocalsMinistersSettlingShopsPrimeCoatsPrime MinisterChipsIncidentsFetchFish And ChipsLagerWhite Coat Author:Alan Bennett
“I was 12 when I ordered my first guitar out of the worn and discolored pages of the Sears and Roebuck catalog. The story that I bought it on the installment plan is untrue, the invention of a Hollywood press agent. Local color. I paid cash, $8, money I had saved as a hired hand on my uncle Calvin's farm, baling and stacking hay. Prairie hay, used as feed for the cattle in winter. It was mean work for a wiry boy, but ambition made me strong.” FirstsMeanMadeStoriesHandsUsedStrongBoysPlansColorAmbitionPagesHollywoodPaidPressesGuitarWinterSavedInventionLocalsAgentsFarmsCashWornUnclesCattleUntruePrairieHaySearsStacking Author:Gene Autry
“My father was a local radio celebrity in the Albany area while I was growing up. That was his dream when he was a boy. I learned from him that some dreams are attainable and the penalty for inaction is regret.” DreamFatherBoysGrowing UpGrowingRegretAreasRadioLocalsPenaltiesInactionAlbany Author:Jonathan Weeks
“I suspect people are going to vote for Max Burns because they know him as local boy who's got - share their values.” PeopleKnowsValuesBoysShareVoteLocalsSuspectsMax Author:George W. Bush
“People love to hear the brag of the local boy, because they want him to be great, but the foreigner must deny that he has any outstanding virtue - this is what will endear him to the locals.” PeopleWantBoysVirtueDenyLocalsOutstandingForeignersWant HimBrag Book:Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus Source: Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus
“Since I got to the big leagues, there's been a whole lot of Direct-TV sold in Jamestown. People like to keep up with the local boy.” PeopleWholeBigsBoysTvsDirectLocalsLeagueJamestown Author:Darin Erstad
“I was quite naïve, a boy from Southport. When I went to art college in Leeds, I lived in a basement flat, and I heard clunking on the stairs all night, and I thought it was just nurses going to work on the night shift at the local hospital! Then I found out it was all working girls upstairs. I suppose I came from a protected background and had my eyes opened wide by that side of city life.” ArtEyeNightGirlFoundSidesCitiesBoysHeardCollegeWideBackgroundsLocalsFlatsHospitalsNurseProtectedGoing To WorkAll NightStairsBasementsCity LifeUpstairsNight ShiftLeedsWorking Girl Author:Marc Almond
“Oh gosh, well, you know, growing up in the '70s being a young boy there, you know, there were still exploitation movies, where, you know, were, you know, still opened up every week and, you know, played - sometimes they would play it at the local, you know, mall theater.” KnowsWellsStillsSometimesPlayYoungBoysGrowing UpGrowingWeekTheaterLocalsExploitationMalls Author:Quentin Tarantino