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“For a Bostonian... we live in the shadow of New York, and to be acknowledged by New Yorkers is really the greatest feeling.”

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Author:Donnie Wahlberg

“I love sports, as all Bostonians seem to. I love books and movies, as all writers seem to.”

Book Seems Sports Books And Movies Bostonians

Author:William Landay

“In the early days of the crash it was widely believed that Jesse L. Livermore, a Bostonian with a large and unquestionably exaggerated reputation for bear operations, leading a syndicate that was driving the market down.”

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Author:John Kenneth Galbraith

“The Bostonians are really, as a race, far inferior in point of anything beyond mere intellect to any other set upon the continent of North America. They are decidedly the most servile imitators of the English it is possible to conceive.”

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Author:Edgar Allan Poe

“Though one can dine in New York, one could not dwell there.”

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Book:The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays

Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays

“all mankind, not excluding Americans, are sinners--miserable sinners, as even no few Bostonians themselves nowadays contritely respond in the liturgy.”

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Book:The Works of Herman Melville: Billy Budd, and other prose picecs

Source: The Works of Herman Melville: Billy Budd, and other prose picecs

“Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry.”

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Book:The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde

Source: The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde

“The Bostonians take their learning too sadly: culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their "Hub," as they call it, is the paradise of prigs.”

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Book:The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays

Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays

“Walking back from the convention site I chatted with a normal Bostonian for several blocks -- who must have identified me through our covert system of signals. He was mostly bemused by the Democrats' primetime speakers and told me he used to be an independent, but for the last 20 years found himself voting mostly Republican. Then he corrected himself and said he votes for the American.”

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Author:Ann Coulter

“History has a way of coming back to you. In the case of Janis Joplin appearing at the festival in 1968, her performance affected the life of a Bostonian who is now a member of the Newport Festivals Foundation Board of Directors. Ward Mooney was so affected and emotionally involved in Janis’ performance at Newport, that when he heard the festival was going nonprofit, he knew wanted to become a part. Janis was beautiful, gracious and respectful, and the power of her Newport performance continues to live on.”

“The cities of America are inexpressibly tedious. The Bostonians take their learning too sadly; culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their Hub, as they call it, is the paradise of prigs. Chicago is a sort of monster-shop, full of bustles and bores. Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry. Baltimore is amusing for a week, but Philadelphia is dreadfully provincial; and though one can dine in New York one could not dwell there.”

Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays

“Boston is a tough and resilient town. So are its people. I'm supremely confident that Bostonians will pull together, take care of each other, and move forward as one proud city. And as they do, the American people will be with them every single step of the way.”

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Author:Barack Obama

“America is a mere bully, from one end to the other, and the Bostonians by far the greatest bullies.”

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Author:Thomas Gage

“I completely love music. I used to be the music critic at 'The Improper Bostonian.' It's just something I've always loved very deeply.”

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Author:Matthew Tobin Anderson