“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
“The bad thing about living in a small town was that everything became a personal issue. The good thing about living in a small town was that everything became a personal issue. During times of trouble, the support system was massive.” SupportIssuesTroubleTownsGood ThingsMassiveBad ThingsSmall TownSupport SystemsTimes Of TroublePersonal IssuesLiving In A Small Town Book:Open Season Source: Open Season
“Jesse Marcel's unproven story was now primetime mythology. This remote New Mexico town had hit the jackpot. It didn't matter that there wasn't a shred of credible evidence to support the claim that a flying saucer crashed here. It didn't matter that there were no credible witnesses to alien bodies.” MatterStoriesBodySupportEvidenceClaimsTownsMythologyFlyingWitnessAliensMexicoCredibleNew MexicoFlying SaucersJackpot Author:Peter Jennings
“Lordy, lordy, lordy do I love money. It is a character flaw, no doubt, one that springs from a panicked childhood in which I always felt as if our family was only a couple missed child support payments from being tossed onto the pitiless streets of our suburban New Jersey town.” IfsChildrenCharacterFeltSupportDoubtStreetsChildhoodCoupleSpringTownsOur FamilyNo DoubtFlawsJerseyPaymentNew JerseyLove Of MoneyCharacter FlawsI Love Money Author:Michael Ian Black
“Learn how to cook. Read books that will educate you. Get an education. Get a career. And support yourself. And live in a section of town that isn't conducive to violence.” BookCareersSupportViolenceTownsCooksEducateSections Author:Chris Rock
“To suppose arms in the hands of citizens, to be used at individual discretion, except in private self-defense, or by partial orders of towns, counties or districts of a state, is to demolish every constitution, and lay the laws prostrate, so that liberty can be enjoyed by no man; it is a dissolution of the government. The fundamental law of the militia is, that it be created, directed and commanded by the laws, and ever for the support of the laws.” MenSelfStatesHandsGovernmentLawUsedOrderIndividualLibertySupportArmsCitizensConstitutionTownsFundamentalsLaysDefenseEnjoyedAmendmentsCountyDiscretionSelf DefenseSecond AmendmentRight To Bear ArmsMilitiaBearing ArmsDissolutionFounding Fathers Gun2 AmendmentFounding Fathers Second AmendmentDemolishAmendment 1 Author:John Adams
“Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody else is doing it one way, there's a good chance you can find your niche by going in exactly the opposite direction. But be prepared for a lot of folks to wave you down and tell you you're headed the wrong way. I guess in all my years, what I heard more often than anything was: a town of less than 50,000 population cannot support a discount store for very long.” IfsWayYearsLongChanceSupportHeardOppositesTownsDown AndPreparedFolksWavePopulationStoresOne WaySwimConventionalBe PreparedNicheWrong WayDiscountsConventional WisdomGood Chance Author:Sam Walton
“I do not believe the picture that some people paint of Scottish towns dependent on welfare. Every time I come here, I meet people who are determined to get into work. Who, with the right help are desperate to get off benefits, support their family and set an example for their children.” PeopleBelieveChildrenHelpingSupportExampleBenefitsTownsPaintDeterminedWelfareDesperateDependentScottish Author:Iain Duncan Smith
“I guess in all my years, what I heard more than anything else was: a mere town cannot support a discount store for very long.” InspirationalYearsLongSupportHeardTownsMereStoresDiscounts Author:Sam Walton