“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
“Before I left Russia in 1999, I was living in a very poor factory town with my family and friends, and nothing was ever going to change.” LeftPoorMy FamilyTownsRussiaFactoriesFamily And Friends Author:Natalia Vodianova
“my parents ... had decided early on that all of the problems in my family had somehow to do with me. All roads led to Roseyville, a messy, chaotic town where, as parents, they were required to visit, but could never get out of quick enough or find a decent parking place.” EnoughProblemParentMy FamilyDecidedTownsBlameDecentMessyChaoticParking Author:Roseanne Barr
“I was born in Glasgow. But my family is pretty much from a little town called Paisley, famous for its cotton mills and paisley pattern.” LittlesBornMy FamilyTownsPatternsCottonMillsLittle TownsGlasgowPaisley Author:Gerard Butler
“I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran the cotton mill. My grandfather was mayor many times and my family felt deeply rooted to that spot.” WayFeltBornGrewGrew UpMy FamilyTownsSouthSpotsRanRootedGrandfatherMy GrandfatherGeorgiaMayorsCottonMills Author:Frances Mayes
“I don't want to do anything to embarrass my family or my church because the town that I come from is so small. There are certain things that I just can't be part of because of my foundation.” WantCertainChurchMy FamilyTownsFoundation Author:Michelle Williams
“I was born in Suzhou, a city not very far from Shanghai. It's a very interesting town - there is a long artist's tradition there, especially during the Ming and Ching dynasties, which produced many, many scholars and painters and so forth. That's where my family lived for 600, 700 years.” YearsLongArtistBornInterestingCitiesTraditionMy FamilyTownsPainterScholarVery InterestingDynastyShanghai Author:I. M. Pei
“As a shy, introverted, scholarly child (long ago) I don't know what I would have done without libraries! My family moved often. I was always the new kid in town. The library always offered me my first and most important friendship: the place where I felt right at home. I still feel that way today, about libraries.” KnowsWayFeelsFirstsChildrenLongStillsImportantDoneHomeKidsTodayFeltMy FamilyTownsMovedLibraryShyLong AgoIntrovertedScholarly Author:Lois Lowry
“'One Tree Hill' really had an impact on my life. It was the first time I left my house and my family in New York and went to a small town in North Carolina. It was the most incredible experience for me.” FirstsHouseLeftTreeNew YorkFirst TimeMy FamilyTownsImpactIncrediblesHillsSmall TownCarolinaNorth CarolinaTree Hill Author:Daniella Alonso
“I've always been an avid reader. Everyone in my family read a lot. Considering we were from a little town, we were pretty literate.” LittlesReaderMy FamilyTownsConsideringAvidLittle Towns Author:John Malkovich
“But where was I to start? The world is so vast, I shall start with the country I knew best, my own. But my country is so very large. I had better start with my town. But my town, too, is large. I had best start with my street. No, my home. No, my family. Never mind, I shall start with myself.” WorldMindCountryHomeMy OwnStreetsMy FamilyTowns Book:Souls on Fire Source: Souls on Fire
“I'm part German and part Irish. In fact, there's even a town in Germany that was named after my family, Limbach or so forth. And I don't know. I might even have some Indian blood in there.” KnowsFactsMightBloodMy FamilyTownsIndianGermany Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I had a big family - two older sisters and a younger brother. My family was like moving around a lot so I lived in a lot of small towns. My father was very restless.” TwoBigsMovingFatherBrotherMy FamilyTownsSmall TownRestlessBig FamiliesOlder SisterYounger Brother Author:Jessica Lange
“I'm very committed to my family and my town. My biggest local commitment are my children, my husband, my home and my grandchildren.” ChildrenHomeHusbandCommitmentMy FamilyTownsCommittedLocalsMy ChildrenMy HusbandGrandchildrenMy Grandchildren Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“That boom town [Abu Dhabi] proved to be the reef against which my family crashed, the story of many who seek the promised land, and my poetry is a versification of that personal history. History is all I have.” StoriesLandMy FamilyTownsPoetry IsReefsPromised LandPersonal History Author:Andre Naffis-Sahely
“We would also go to musicals. So Singing In the Rain, On the Town, and West Side Story. Especially West Side Story because played that a lot before VCRs, so that would be something that would be a big deal if it came on, you caught it. So that really started, my family was not in show business at all but really loved that kind of thing.” IfsKindStoriesShowsBigsWould BeSidesDealsSingingRainMy FamilyTownsWestCaughtShow BusinessBig DealWest SideVcrWest Side StorySinging In The Rain Author:Marisa Tomei
“I stand on the end platform of the tram and am completely unsure of my footing in this world, in this town, in my family. Not even casually could I indicate any claims that I might rightly advance in any direction. I have not even any defense to offer for standing on this platform, holding on to this strap, letting myself be carried along by this tram, nor for the people who give way to the tram or walk quietly along or stand gazing into shop windows. Nobody asks me to put up a defense, indeed, but that is irrelevant.” PeopleWorldWayGivingEndsMightAsksWalksThis WorldOffersStandingWindowMy FamilyClaimsTownsDefenseAsk MeShopsPlatformsIrrelevantHolding OnGazingUnsureShop WindowsTrams Book:The Metamorphosis: And Other Stories Source: The Metamorphosis: And Other Stories
“I took notes on the people around me, in my town, in my family, in my memory. I took notes on my own state of mind, my grandiosity, the low self-esteem. I wrote down the funny stuff I overheard. I learned to be like a ship's rat, veined ears trembling, and I learned to scribble it all down.” PeopleMindSelfStatesStuffMemoriesMy OwnSelf EsteemLowsMy FamilyEarsTownsNotesShipsEsteemState Of MindRatsLow Self EsteemTremblingScribblesFunny Stuff Book:Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life Source: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
“I draw from my family and my friends and I feel like that small-town person. The achievements, the materialistic possessions have really become to mean less. They mean nothing.” FeelsMeanPersonsFamilyAchievementDrawsMy FriendsMy FamilyTownsPossessionSmall TownMaterialistic Author:Sheryl Crow
“Growing up I played piano and I sang at a lot of weddings; I grew up in a very small town, a little coal-mining town in Virginia called Grundy. And my family was very sing-songy at home.” LittlesHomeGrowing UpGrowingGrewGrew UpMy FamilyTownsPianoCoalSmall TownVirginiaMiningCoal Mining Author:Jayma Mays
“Hee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age, because there wasn't any live music around my town and no one in my family played instruments.” AgeYoungMy FamilyTownsInstrumentsExposureYoung AgeLive MusicHee Haw Author:Alan Jackson