Tori Bowie Quotes

All the stories I'll ever need are right here on Main Street.

I'm proud of where I'm from. I'm proud of Long Island.

I think there are people who really love the comfort of their small town, and there are people who feel stuck by it.

I love my community. I love always being able to come back and have a home.

People ask me all the time, 'Why did I move home?' As well as I can articulate it, that's why. I moved home because I love the community that I come from.

Liverpudlians have an amazing sense of humour, and they're very loyal and warm. All my family and friends are there, so when I'm not filming, I like to go back and catch up with everyone. We're a very close family.

If you've seen 'Friday Night Lights' - that was just like my town.

Coming from a smaller place always made things feel more personal, which is really what it's all about.

I know a lot of people who say they want to leave Tulsa and go off to L.A. or New York City. But I can't wait to come back to Tulsa. It's a great place to be.

My hometown I grew up in in Michigan is really tiny, and they are so excited for all of my adventures my whole life.

I was born and grew up in Palm Springs. It's a great place to grow up, a real small town.

I love Star City - it is my home.

We have it, we're lucky enough that we've created a show where it's not about... a family, or a kid, it's about a town.

In my heart and soul, I am a West Country man, and ideally, my weekends are spent there.

There's nothing like doing a show at home. When you do a show in Chicago, there's just a certain love that you don't feel anywhere else; it's like home base.

Though Lexington is not a small town, it sometimes feels like one, with circles of acquaintance overlapping once, then again; the person you meet by chance at the library or the pool may turn out to be the best friend of your down-the-street neighbor. Maybe that's why people are so friendly here, so willing to be unhurried.

There are aspects of small town life that I really like - the routine nature of it, the idea of people knowing you and your likes and dislikes.

I grew up in a little town with about 6,000 or 7,000 people. I always knew from 11 or 12 years old that I wanted to be a writer, and I always wanted to write about growing up in a place like that that's small and you don't fit into.

My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here.

I adore the fact that when I'm driving home from work, as soon as I hit my neighbourhood, I see people I know.

Because everyone grows up together in my small hometown, everyone knows everyone else. And there are such large extended families that a lot of people are related to each other.

When I left Spain, I had it very clear in my mind that I would return one day.

I think it's an important thing, if you grew up in a neighbourhood that's different from the rest of the world, to remember what was different about your place and keep that in your heart, because that's what made you.

I guess more than anything, Green Bay just felt like home. You know, small town, good people who love their football... it was a really great experience being a part of that culture.

Coming from a small town of Mexico, Missouri, we got 11,000 people. Never seen a celebrity.