Boston Quotes - Page 2

• The word survivor suggests someone who has emerged alive from a plane crash or a natural disaster. But the word can also refer to the loved ones of murder victims, and this was the sense in which it was used at a four-day conference in early June at Boston College.

  Godfried Danneels

  College, June, Murder Victims

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• Boston is safe. And we're going to keep it safe.

  Thomas Menino

  Safe, Never Quit, Keep Going

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• At a Boston signing, someone from the audience asked why I was so obsessed with furniture in my books. The question rattled around in my head. I had no idea that I was obsessed with furniture.

  Jonathan Carroll

  Book, Ideas, Furniture

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• Boston is known for its innovation.

  Thomas Menino

  Innovation, Known

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• There's a lot of history in Boston and a lot of history, obviously, in New York with all the championships.

  Rafael Palmeiro

  New York, Championship

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• In the 1990s, we introduced Boston's community policing strategy. We reversed the tide of violent crime that threatened our city, and we established a national model for preventing and fighting crime.

  Thomas Menino

  Fighting, Cities, Community

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• For every $5 that Boston's economy sends up to Beacon Hill, the state gives only $1 back to us.

  Thomas Menino

  Giving, Hills, Economy

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• I write reviews of science books for the Boston Globe, so I like to give science books.

  Anthony Doerr

  Book, Writing, Giving

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• Was the crew well? Was I not? I had profited in many ways by the voyage. I had even gained flesh, and actually weighed a pound more than when I sailed from Boston.

  Joshua Slocum

  Journey, Flesh, Voyages

  Joshua Slocum (1985). “The Voyages of Joshua Slocum”, p.372, Sheridan House, Inc.

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• Tonight, I am pleased to announce that I have secured $1 million from the Convention Host Committee to fund the beautification of Boston's neighborhoods.

  Thomas Menino

  Tonight, Host, Conventions

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• I don't believe a manager ever won a pennant. Casey Stengel won all those pennants with the Yankees. How many did he win with the Boston Braves and Mets?

  Sparky Anderson

  Sports, Believe, Winning

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• So my father grew up in an orphanage in Boston. He was then adopted by an elderly childless couple from Maine, who gave him the name of Mitchell. He moved to Maine, and there he met my mother and was married.

  George J. Mitchell

  Mother, Couple, Father

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• I recently did a piece for the Boston Pops and John Williams, and I hope that it's as well a composed piece as I've ever done for any other medium or occasion.

  Peter Maxwell Davies

  Done, Pieces, Pops

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• Let's be very honest about what this is about. It's not about bashing Democrats, it's not about taxes, they have no idea what the Boston tea party was about, they don't know their history at all. This is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up.

  Janeane Garofalo

  Hate, Party, Men

  "Garofalo: Tea Party Goers Are Racists Who Hate Black President". "Countdown" with Keith Olbermann, www.newsbusters.org. April 16, 2009.

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• In Massachusetts, scientists have created the first human clone. The bad thing is that in thirty years, the clone will still be depressed because the Boston Red Sox will still have not won a World Series.

  Craig Kilborn

  Years, Massachusetts, World

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• 2004 was a great year for Boston! The Patriots won the Super Bowl! Boston hosted its first national political convention! And - the Red Sox won the World Series!

  Thomas Menino

  Years, Great Year, Political

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• What we're about is a manifestation of the Catholic roots of Boston College.

  William P. Leahy

  College, Roots, Catholic

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• We did experiments with the Boston Symphony for many years where we measured the angles of incidence of sound arriving at the ears of the audience, then took the measurements back to MIT and analyzed them.

  Amar Bose

  Years, Symphony, Sound

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• The fans were so psyched that someone was doing a movie about a Boston fan that they were giving their all.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Giving, Fans

  "Jimmy Fallon talks about Fever Pitch". movieweb.com. April 04, 2005.

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• The VCR is to the American film producer, as the Boston Strangler is to the woman home alone.

  Jack Valenti

  Home, Vcr, Political

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• There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?

  Iris Chang

  Country, Class, Cities

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• I had never been to the playoffs, and it was exciting. The fans went through the roof. They were excited about the whole team. It was great to be traded to a city like Chicago, which was a lot like Boston.

  Dennis Eckersley

  Sports, Team, Cities

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• My ship was also in better condition than when she sailed from Boston on her long voyage. She was still as sound as a nut, and as tight as the best ship afloat. She did not leak a drop - not one drop!

  Joshua Slocum

  Journey, Nuts, Long

  Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). “Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.278, Applewood Books

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• Currently, Boston has only nine percent of the state's population - but we provide more than 16 percent of the jobs and 19 percent of the state's revenues.

  Thomas Menino

  Jobs, Population, Nine

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• I guarantee you, if you could give me 10 points in all those seventh games against the Boston Celtics, instead of Bill Russell having 11 rings, I could've at least had nine or eight.

  Wilt Chamberlain

  Basketball, Eight, Games

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