I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday.

quote by Raymond Chandler
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I'm a kid from Boston.

quote by Rob Mariano
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Boston is known for its innovation.

quote by Thomas Menino
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The frozen ocean... of Boston life.

quote by Julia Ward Howe
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In Boston serpents whistle at the cold.

quote by Robert Lowell
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They played Boston. They played at the Boston Tea Party and through an amazing chain of events I got to hang out with them backstage even though I was underage.

quote by Jonathan Richman
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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!

quote by Thomas Menino
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A Boston man is the east wind made flesh.

quote by Thomas Gold Appleton
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Boston is the engine of the state's economy.

quote by Thomas Menino
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Boston is safe. And we're going to keep it safe.

quote by Thomas Menino
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When I started at the Globe 40 years ago, there were seven newspapers in Boston and now there are only two. There were only three or four television stations in Boston and now there are a dozen.

quote by Will McDonough
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Rescue The Slave

This song was composed while George Latimer, the fugitive slave, was
confined in Leverett Street Jail, Boston, expecting to be carried back
to Virginia by James B. Gray, his claimant.

Sadly the fugitive weeps in his cell,
Listen awhile to the story we tell;
Listen ye gentle ones, listen ye brave,
Lady fair! Lady fair! weep for the slave.

Praying for liberty, dearer than life,
Torn from his little one, torn from his wife,
Flying from slavery, hear him and save,
Christian men! Christian men! help the poor slave.

Think of his agony, feel for his pain,
Should his hard master e'er hold him again;
Spirit of liberty, rise from your grave,
Make him free, make him free, rescue the slave.

Freely the slave master goes where he will;

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poem by Anonymous Americas
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Boston

Where the ferries come to shore
She never really knew how good it would feel
To finally find herself in a place so warm and real
She wears a Red Sox cap
To hide her baby dreads
The girl she was in New England
Is different now and dead
In all the local bars
She flirts and tells the boys while they're talkin'
She's from Boston
She comes from Boston
Talks to her family now and then
Through e-mails and postcards
She tries to explain to them
That education and occupation will have to wait for now
She loves the Rasta, reggae rhythms, her dreams have changed somehow
She wears a Red Sox cap
To hide her baby dreads
The girl she was in New England
Is different now and dead

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song performed by Kenny Chesney
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I first saw the light in the city of Boston in the year 1857.

quote by Edward Bellamy
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Peter Rugg the Bostonian

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The mare is pawing by the oak,
The chaise is cool and wide
For Peter Rugg the Bostonian
With his little son beside;
The women loiter at the wheels
In the pleasant summer-tide.

"And when wilt thou be home, Father?"
"And when, good husband, say:
The cloud hangs heavy on the house
What time thou art away."
He answers straight, he answers short,
"At noon of the seventh day."

"Fail not to come, if God so will,
And the weather be kind and clear."
"Farewell, farewell! But who am I
A blockhead rain to fear?

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poem by Louise Imogen Guiney
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They say the cows laid out Boston. Well, there are worse surveyors.

quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.

quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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I fell in love with Boston, so hopefully, I'll be here for a long time.

quote by Johnny Damon
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Multiple Choice: American Literature

please choose one only: Amy Lowell

1) played center for the Celtics in the sixties

2) conducted the Boston Symphony in a leotard, in the sixties

3) conducted the Boston Symphony, all in leotards, in the sixties

4) weighed 300 lbs. and smoked big black cigars

5) all of the above

poem by Morgan Michaels
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I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open.

quote by Nancy Kerrigan
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