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“When I was 13 years old, a professional theater company in my town needed a kid actor. I auditioned, and I got the part, so for just a few weeks I became a member of the company and I met some professional actors.”

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Author:Trevor Nunn

“People who get higher pay are more willing to relocate--especially to undesirable locations at the company's behest... A corporate secretary may change companies in the same town; a corporate executive is more likely to change towns with the same company. A talented corporate secretary sees an invitation to relocate as an invitation; a future corporate executive sees an invitation to relocate as an opportunity--and an obligation.”

People May Opportunity Pay Company Willing Higher Towns Obligation Corporate Executives Secretary Location Invitations Getting High Undesirable

Author:Warren Farrell

“The first American insurance company was the Friendly Society for the Mutual Insurance of Houses Against Fire, founded in Charles Town in South Carolina, in 1735.”

Firsts House Company Fire Towns South Friendly Mutual Carolina Insurance Companies South Carolina

Author:Andrew Tobias

“... Washington is, for one thing, the news capital of the world. And for another, it is a company town. Most of the interesting people in Washington either work for the government or write about it.”

People World Writing Government Interesting Company One Thing News Towns

Author:Sally Quinn

“Nothing ever gets settled in this town (Washington). It's not like running a company or even a university. It's a seething debating society, in which the debate never stops; in which people never give up, including me, and that's the atmosphere in which you administer.”

People Giving Running Company Giving Up Towns Including University Debate Atmosphere Never Giving Up Seething

Author:George P. Shultz

“We always say about Hollywood that it's a company town and it's sort of is. It's like in Washington, they say, you know, the company is the government.”

Knows Government Company Hollywood Towns

Author:Murray Horwitz

“Having that college-town atmosphere with a live repertory company available was a real gift. I found myself gravitating toward the theater from about the age of nine. I guess it was the environment that got me started.”

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Author:Christopher Reeve

“Challenge America grants go to the towns and hamlets of this sprawling country, where big touring companies will rarely go, and major actors, actresses, writers and artists may never appear in person.”

May Persons Country Bigs America Artist Actors Challenges Company Majors Towns Actresses Grants Touring

Author:Louise Slaughter

“Any institution becomes a community - whether it's a high school or a boarding school or a publishing company or a small town where everybody knows certain things about people.”

People Knows School Certain Community Company High School Towns Institutions Publishing Small Town

Author:Alice Hoffman

“I'm a highly, highly, highly creative human being. I write music all the time. I write scripts constantly. I run my own production company. I'm also a very determined businesswoman. I've a town to deal with. I've got a lot of things to do and I don't have time to be classified as difficult, and I don't have time to care.”

Writing Humans Care Running Difficult My Own Human Beings Deals Company Creative Towns Scripts Productions Determined Things To Do

Author:Kim Basinger

“The counties with the highest per capita income aren't near New York City or Los Angeles - they're in the Washington, D.C. area - a one-company town where the company is the government. The three counties with the highest incomes in the entire country are all suburbs of Washington. Eleven of the 25 counties with the highest incomes are near Washington.”

Country Government Three Cities Company New York Highest Areas Towns Income Los Angeles New York City Eleven County Suburbs

Author:Ann Coulter

“Just growing up in Columbus, which is such a special place, small town with a Fortune 500 company's headquarters, the extraordinary modern architecture. The experiences that I've had growing up in that very unique hometown has shaped me and always will shape me.”

Company Growing Up Growing Modern Special Shapes Unique Towns Fortune Extraordinary Architecture Small Town Hometown Columbus Special Places Headquarters Modern Architecture

Author:Mike Pence

“In the case of The Thin Blue Line, I was surprised actually by many things. I was shooting down in Texas where the actual killer David Harris lived and I interviewed the town cop. He described these guys as being David Harris' partners in crime and even though they had criminal records and had committed crimes, they sued me! More often than not, the insurance company that protects you against this type of lawsuit will settle it with cash and contest it in a court of law.”

“Los Angles is not my favorite city. Well, I shouldn't say that... I love to visit it, on a temporary basis. It's just such a company town! You can't go anywhere and not run into someone who wants to be in the business.”

Want Wells Running Cities Company Bases Towns My Favorite Temporary Angle Favorite City

Author:Rita Moreno

“I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.”

Men Country Pleasure Company Society Ought Solitude Towns Seeking Sufficient Sensible This Society

Book:The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Source: The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

“Hollywood is a cross between a health farm, a recreation center and an insane asylum. It's a company town, and I happen to like the company!”

Happens Company Crosses Hollywood Towns Insane Farms Recreation Asylums Insane Asylum Lunatic Asylums

Author:Michael Caine

“Tell us what it is to be a woman so that we may know what it is to be a man. What moves at the margin. What it is to have no home in this place. To be set adrift from the one you knew. What it is to live at the edge of towns that cannot bear your company.”

Knows Men May Home Moving Women Company Bears Towns Edges Be A Man Margins Adrift

Author:Toni Morrison

“The gang that trashed the town was now back in town to trash it even more and you'll never guess.. they decided that the only way to save an economy brought to its knees by their collective actions and the banking system they represent was to, well, no, surely not.. hand trillions of taxpayer-borrowed dollars to the Rothschild-controlled banks and insurance companies like CitiGroup, J. P. Morgan, AIG and a long list of others.”

“Presidents and presidential assassins are like Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. Even though one city is all about sin and the other is all about salvation, they are identical, one-dimensional company towns built up by the sheer will of true believers.”

President Sin Cities Company Built Towns Salvation Believer Presidential Lakes Salt Sheer Vegas Identical Las Vegas Assassins True Believer Salt Lake City

Book:Assassination Vacation

Source: Assassination Vacation

“Participant (Productions) is the only production company in town that has a double bottom line: social good plus financial returns. It's too early to tell how our returns are going to look - though all signs are promising - but social good is what we're really after.”

Looks Social Lines Company Return Ethics Towns Bottom Financial Productions Plus Bottom Line Participants Business Ethics Social Good

Author:Jeffrey Skoll

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