#small town

I wasn't always this confident. Growing up as the awkward gay kid in a small town in Pennsylvania, you're constantly told, 'Don't be yourself, don't be proud of who you are.' ↗

— Carson Kressley

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#awkward #be yourself #confident #constantly #gay

I was just glad to meet somebody outside of my group of small town friends who was into music. Somebody else who had aspirations to do something more than sing at a record hop. ↗

— John Oates

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#else #friends #glad #group #had

Every small town has its dramatic group, its barber-shop quartet, every home has music in one form or another. ↗

— Kate Smith

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#dramatic #every #form #group #home