"And for the city's birthday, we will host events in every neighborhood of the city, inviting all of our residents to share in the celebration of Boston's great epic - the story of neighbors who support one another where it matters most."

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Thomas Menino

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“There is a deep question whether the possible meanings that emerge from an effort to explain the experience of art may not mask the real meanings of a work of art.”
“Finally, it is my most fervent prayer to that Almighty Being before whom I now stand, and who has kept us in His hands from the infancy of our Republic to the present day, that He will so overrule all my intentions and actions and inspire the hearts of my fellow-citizens that we may be preserved from dangers of all kinds and continue forever a united and happy people.”
“When you make 'The Daily Show', it's usually not for a laurel, it's for a dart.”

Source : "Brian Williams: Why Jon Stewart Is Good For News". www.npr.org. January 10, 2010.
“The character of human life, like the character of the human condition, like the character of all life, is "ambiguity": the inseparable mixture of good and evil, the true and false, the creative and destructive forces-both individual and social.”
“It's often said that writers sometimes need to go around the block a few times to get where they're going.”
“Iâ€™ve always believed that as an author, I do 50% of the work of storytelling, and the reader does the other 50%. Thereâ€™s no way I can control the story you tell yourself from my book. Your own experiences, preferences, prejudices, mood at the moment, current events in your life, needs and wants influence how you read my every word.”
“Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.”
“I went into architecture a little as 'Peck's Bad Boy.' It allowed me to be a critic in a socially condoned way.”

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