Top 5 Maxine Cheshire Quotes
#1. In Harlan, Kentucky, we told stories the way some people play music ... In the mountains, storytelling is truly an art form, and as much recreation as communication.
Maxine Cheshire
#2. The only way to keep a secret in Washington, if you are the one person who knows it, is never to tell another living soul.
Maxine Cheshire
#3. [To the editor of the Harlan, Kentucky, Daily Enterprise, as a kindergartener:] I know everything that goes on in this town, and if you give me a job so will you.
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#4. Life in a small town is like an intricately plotted novel, and even though I had read every book in the public library by the time I was fourteen, I found the real people around me saying and doing far more interesting things than did the imaginary book characters.
Maxine Cheshire
#5. [On social climbing:] Everything that goes up must come down.
Maxine Cheshire
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