“When I was young, my family didn't go on outings to the circus or trips to Disneyland. We couldn't afford them. Instead, we stayed in our small rural West Texas town, and my parents took us to cemeteries.” YoungParentGoes OnMy FamilyTownsWestTexasCircusCemeteryDisneylandWest Texas Author:Jenny Lawson
“I believe no-one can insult you without your permission. Shilpa Shetty has paid the price for trying to desperately seek the approval of the West. It is pathetic how we can go on bended knees and lick the boots of Westerners in an effort to be part of their world.” WorldTryingBelieveI BelieveEffortGoes OnPaidWestKneesInsultBootsApprovalPermissionPatheticWesternersInsults You Author:Mahesh Bhatt
“In the Middle West now you got to put a brand on your soil, then in the Spring go on a round-up looking for it.” MiddleGoes OnSpringWestRoundsBrandsSoilAgriculture Author:Will Rogers
“People who were not active in the intellectual life of the country could go on without feeling restricted, except they could not go where they wanted. They could not cross the border to the West whenever they liked.” PeopleCountryFeelingsWantedGoes OnIntellectualCrossesWestActiveBordersIntellectual Life Author:Stefan Heym
“The old actors in the old days, they used to go on tour, to get the play ready for the West End, and to learn their lines. The old timers used to say, "Be very careful, dear boy, what you get in to during the first weeks of a long tour."” FirstsLongEndsPlayUsedActorsLinesBoysWeekReadyGoes OnWestDearCarefulOld DaysOld TimeTimerWest EndOld Timers Author:Tom Courtenay
“I couldn't live without the genius of Stephen Sondheim, be it not just West Side Story,but Follies,Company,Sweeney Todd,Passion.You can go on and on.” StoriesPassionSidesCompanyGoes OnGeniusWestFollyWest SideSondheimSweeneyWest Side StorySweeney Todd Author:Cornel West
“Men, specifically in the West, have no rights of passage, no way to know when they become a man. Everywhere else in the world you gotta kill a lion or stab a shark, or go on some journey, and you come back and you're a man. But here in the West, we're really kind of clueless as to what makes us a man.” KnowsMenWorldWayKindRightsJourneyGoes OnWestLionsPassagesSharksClueless Author:LeCrae