A small town is automatically a world of pretense. Since everyone knows everyone else's business, it becomes the job of the populace to act as if they don't know what is going on instead of its being their job to try to find out.


A Woman's View: How Hollywood Spoke to Women, 1930-1960 (ed. Knopf, 2013) - ISBN: 9780307831545

Jeanine Basinger Quotes

A small town is automatically a world of pretense. Since everyone knows everyone else's business, it becomes the job of the populace to act as if...

A small town is automatically a world of pretense. Since everyone knows everyone else's business, it becomes the job of the populace to act as if...

A small town is automatically a world of pretense. Since everyone knows everyone else's business, it becomes the job of the populace to act as if...

A small town is automatically a world of pretense. Since everyone knows everyone else's business, it becomes the job of the populace to act as if...