“You'd think New York people was all wise; but no, they can't get a chance to learn. Every thing's too compressed. Even the hayseeds are bailed hayseeds. But what else can you expect from a town that's shut off from the world by the ocean on one side and New Jersey on the other?” PeopleThinkingWorldSidesChanceWiseNew YorkOceanTownsSeedsJerseyNew JerseyHay Author:O. Henry
“Nowadays when a poet with one privately printed book can have his next three years taken care of by a Guggenheim fellowship, a Kenyon Review fellowship, and the Prix de Rome, it is hard to remember what chances the poet took in that small-town world, how precariously hand-to-mouth his existence was. And yet in one way the old days were better; [Vachel] Lindsay after a while, by luck and skill, got far more readers than any poet could get today.” WorldWayYearsBookHardHandsCareTodayRememberThreeNextChanceExistenceTakenPoetReaderSkillsMouthsTownsLuckOne WayReviewsRomeThree YearsSmall TownFellowshipPrintedOld DaysLuck And SkillPrinted Books Author:Randall Jarrell
“As a person who came from a small town and had dreams of becoming an actor, I know what it's like to have no support system for what it is that you want to do. A lot of people think you don't have a chance.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantPersonsDreamActorsChanceSupportBecomingTownsSmall TownSupport Systems Author:Anika
“Nature's noblemen are everywhere,--in town and out of town, gloved and rough-handed, rich and poor. Prejudice against a lord, because he is a lord, is losing the chance of finding a good fellow, as much as prejudice against a ploughman because he is a ploughman.” ChancePoorLordRichFindingsLosingPrejudiceTownsFellowsRoughNobilityRich And PoorNoblemen Book:Out-doors at Idlewild: Or, The Shaping of a Home on the Banks of the Hudson Source: Out-doors at Idlewild: Or, The Shaping of a Home on the Banks of the Hudson
“The great thing about a name like 'Cougar Town' is that you hear it once and you remember it forever. Its a very loud title. But there's a connection to the word 'cougar' that means a lot of people are going to be turned off right away by the title alone without even giving the show a chance.” PeopleGivingMeanShowsRememberNamesChanceForeverConnectionsTownsGreat ThingsTitlesLoudTurned OffCougars Author:Dan Byrd
“Though Lexington is not a small town, it sometimes feels like one, with circles of acquaintance overlapping once, then again; the person you meet by chance at the library or the pool may turn out to be the best friend of your down-the-street neighbor. Maybe thats why people are so friendly here, so willing to be unhurried.” PeopleFeelsMayPersonsSometimesTurnsChanceStreetsWillingTownsLibraryNeighborCirclesBeing The BestFriendlyPoolSmall TownAcquaintanceOverlappingLexington Author:Kim Edwards
“When we choose a man to beautify our towns, we do not automatically call on the major artists of the world. ... We now lavishly praise Frank Lloyd Wright, but we never made any community use of him, though he longed for the chance.” MenWorldMadeUseArtistCommunityChanceMajorsTownsPraiseFrankOur Town Author:Paul Goodman