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

-- Thomas Menino

#Boston Quotes #Giving Quotes #Hills Quotes

“I learned early about the misery and dangers of life, and about the afterlife, about the external punishment which awaited the children of sin in Hell.”
“The first step toward liberation of any group is to use the power in hand... And the power in hand is the vote.”
“we already have so much pressure towards sameness through radio, film and comic outside the school, that we can't afford to do a thing inside that is not toward individual development ...”

Source : Sylvia Ashton-Warner (1986). “Teacher”, p.96, Simon and Schuster
“The larger the deductible you choose, the less insurance you are buying. Insurers want to sell insurance.”
“As brightness is to rustiness, so labor excelleth idleness.”
“The most popular rap artists aren't supposed to be rapping about being broke.”
“My life was very tenuous last year. My daughter's death, in March in 2007, was unexpected. It was a shock. I didn't know if I'd survive it.”
“Books make up no small part of human happiness.”

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