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“Twenty miles out of town. A million miles from the life you left behind.”

Left Behinds Millions Twenties Towns Miles Left Behind

Author:Brigid Lowry

“We went over there and fought the war and eventually burned down every town in North Korea anyway, someway or another, and some in South Korea too. Over a period of three years or so, we killed off - what - twenty percent of the population of Korea as direct casualties of war, or from starvation and exposure?”

Years War Three Periods Percent Direct Twenties Towns South Population Three Years Burned Exposure Korea North Korea Starvation Casualties South Korea

Author:Curtis LeMay

“I was proud to have been the anti-establishment candidate after more than twenty years in politics, a small town guy fighting for the ordinary Canadian.”

Years Has Beens Guy Fighting Proud Ordinary Twenties Towns Candidates Establishment Small Town

Author:Jean Chretien

“I have been in Washington for a while now, and most things don't surprise me. The fact that twenty 6-year-olds were gunned down in the most violent fashion possible and this town couldn't do anything about it was stunning to me.”

Years Has Beens Facts Political Politics Community Leadership Party Violence Fashion Policy Ethics Twenties Towns Surprise Violent Political Parties Stunning Surprise Me Partisanship

Author:Barack Obama

“New York is a fun town to go out in. During my twenties and into my thirties I had a good time partying, yes. But nothing where I woke up and I thought that I had a problem.”

Problem Fun Party New York Twenties Towns Good Times Had A Good Time

Author:Will Ferrell

“Be always decent and right in your home town; and when you're on the road, never take more than four glasses of beer a day or play higher than a twenty-five-cent limit.”

Play Home Five Four Higher Limits Twenties Towns Glasses Beer Decent Cents Twenty Five Home Town

Book:O. Henry's stories: Short Stories and Classic Literature

Source: O. Henry's stories: Short Stories and Classic Literature

“In the first place, Cranford is in possession of the Amazons; all the holders of houses above a certain rent are women. If a married couple come to settle in the town, somehow the gentleman disappears; he is either fairly frightened to death by being the only man in the Cranford parties, or he is accounted for by being with his regiment, his hip, or closely engaged in business all the week in the great neighbouring commercial town of Drumble, distant only twenty miles on a railroad. In short, whatever does become of the gentlemen, they are not at Cranford.”

Ifs Men Firsts Doe Certain House Party Week Couple Married Twenties Towns Possession Disappear Miles Hips Settling Gentleman Engaged Frightened Railroads Married Couples

Book:Cranford

Source: Cranford

“Why aren't crazy people content to take over, like, one town? It always has to be the whole word. They can't just control maybe twenty people. The have to control everyone. The can't just be stinking rich. The can't just do genetic experiments on a couple unlucky few. They have to put something in the water. In the air. To get everyone. I was tired of all of it.”

People Whole Water Rich Air Crazy Couple Twenties Towns Tired Experiments Bad People Unlucky Crazy People

Author:James Patterson

“When I go home to Pennsylvania, my cousins who live in small towns and are twenty-three with kids are like 'Krysten, when are you getting married?' 'When are you having a kid?' Honestly, those aren't the most important things to me right now.”

Important Home Kids Three Right Now Married Twenties Towns Important Things Honestly Small Town Cousin Getting Married Pennsylvania My Cousin

Author:Krysten Ritter