“I literally integrated the small town of Libertyville, Illinois. I was the first person of color to reside within its borders.” FirstsPersonsColorTownsBordersSmall TownIntegratedFirst PersonIllinois Author:Tom Morello
“My background is a small town with no movie theater. So... I always pictured myself onstage. I went to acting school and learned all the skills. I left early because I did my first movie and discovered that I really loved the minimalistic work with the camera.” FirstsSchoolLeftActingSkillsTheaterTownsCamerasBackgroundsSmall TownMovie Theater Author:Franka Potente
“My first job was when I was about 12, cleaning houses in the afternoons for different elderly women in town. I hated it.” FirstsDifferentJobsHouseTownsHatedAfternoonCleaningElderlyClean House Author:Elizabeth Strout
“My parents were working in a hospital in Memphis. But I didn't live there for any length of time that I remember. The first thing I remember is the town in Mississippi that I live in now, Charleston.” FirstsRememberParentTownsLengthHospitalsHospitalityMississippiMemphisCharleston Author:Morgan Freeman
“The first horror movie I saw, in first or second grade, was My Bloody Valentine [1981], where there's a deranged killer in a miner mask stalking a small coal town.” FirstsSawsHorrorTownsGradesMaskKillersBloodyCoalValentineStalkingMinersDeranged Author:Christopher Bollen
“The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small town is called a small town: It's because not many people want to live there.” PeopleWantFirstsReasonHomeFirst TimeTownsSmall Town Author:Billie Joe Armstrong
“In the past, heartland whites with some kind of dream or desire left their towns for cities to become citified. They wanted to get away from religion, from their families, they wanted to come out, make art, have sex, have experiences. But this new crew was something we had never seen before. They were the first generation of suburban Americans. They came, not to be citified, but rather to change cities into places they could recognize and dominate.” FirstsKindArtDreamWantedPastDesireLeftSexCitiesGenerationsTownsGet AwayCrew Author:Sarah Schulman