Bill Keating famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I hope that the residents of my current district - from Quincy to Provincetown and the Islands - know that their well-being is my primary concern and nothing changes that.
-- Bill Keating

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I love travelling, and had the pleasure of being in the most developed country in the world and then parts of two of the most pristine natural areas of the world: the Galapagos islands and the Equador Amazon jungle. The contrast was incredible.
Most people have learned to live in the moment. The argument goes that if the past has uncertain effect on the present, there is no need to dwell on the past. And if the present has little effect on the future, present actions need not be weighed for their consequence. Rather, each act is an island in time, to be judged on its own. ... It is a world of impulse. It is a world of sincerity. It is a world in which every word spoken speaks just to that moment, every glance given has only one meaning.
Generally, I like all islands. There, it is easier to rule.
Beyond the borders of wealthy countries like the United States, in developing countries where most people in the world live, the impacts of climate change are much more deadly, from the growing desertification of Africa to the threats of rising sea levels and the submersion of small island nations.
No nation as rich as ours should have so many people isolated on islands of poverty in such a sea of material wealth.
I can be almost terminally grief-stricken because things are so dire, but at the same, there's a real lightheartednes s about just the recoverability of life, of how things change, how they're not the same, ever again.
Once you want something, everything changes.
When I think of what has happened in a larger sense, beyond myself, then I would not change anything.
The point of the essay is to change things.
A budget must be more than a ledger sheet. It should have a heart and serve as a blueprint for a better quality of life for all residents.

Bill Keating famous quotes

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