310 Quotes About Boston

  • Author William Sleator
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    I've always been interested in both writing and music. When I first started getting published, I also worked as rehearsal pianist for the Boston Ballet, touring with them all over the U.S.A. and Europe - I wasn't making enough money from writing to support myself.

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  • Author Barbara Turner
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    Obviously, that's something that has been in the back of our minds. There is no resentment toward Diana at all. She was an unbelievable pioneer in women's basketball. We also want to leave our legacy with a successful career. It wouldn't end any better way than us being in Boston at the Final Four and winning the national championship.

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  • Author Cindy Timchal
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    This was another hard fought victory for us. We know we have to get better, because we know that Boston College will get better next week, too.

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  • Author Ed Thompson
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    You have health care assets, and health care research, software, semiconductors and agriculture, ... Put it all together, stir in investment, and we can have a strong bioscience industry here. We don't have to be a big as San Diego or Boston to make a profound impact on the state.

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  • Author James Taylor
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    I'm often surprised by classical music and musicians. I've met a large number of them because my wife works for the Boston Symphony, and I'm in that world a lot now. I'm surprised at how difficult it is for people who are classically trained to read music or to memorize music, how difficult it is for them to improvise, to just go off and play. It's sort of, it's like terra incognita. They just, (makes noise) they don't get it.

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  • Author Jim Tobin
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    We are excited about combining the talent and experience of Boston Scientific and Guidant employees. We look forward to working with Guidant to complete the transaction quickly and to creating a global leader in cardiovascular devices.

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  • Author Martin Thompson
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    I'm heavily involved with the interpretive portion of the Boston Mill project. I think it's important to interpret events of the past to understand where things are going in the future.

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  • Author Paul Theroux
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    Ever since childhood, when I lived within earshot of the Boston and Maine, I have seldom heard a train go by and not wished I was on it.

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