Thomas Menino Quotes

• Preparing our city to achieve its destiny will require strong leadership.

  Thomas Menino

  Strong, Fate, Destiny

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• It's like an Alcatraz around my neck

  Thomas Menino

  Silly, Dumb, Alcatraz

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• Here's what I see all across this great city - people working together to make Boston a better place to live and to raise children, to grow and pursue dreams.

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  Dream, Children, Boston

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• I'm driven. I have the opportunity to change people's lives.

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  Suicide, Suicidal, Opportunity

  "Thomas M. Menino, Mayor Who Led Boston's Renaissance, Is Dead at 71" by Katharine Q. Seelye, www.nytimes.com. October 30, 2014.

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• The true privilege of being Mayor is that I have the opportunity to be everyone's neighbor.

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  Opportunity, Privilege, Neighbor

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• 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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  Birthday, Epic, Boston

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• Tonight, I am pleased to announce that I have secured $1 million from the Convention Host Committee to fund the beautification of Boston's neighborhoods.

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  Boston, Tonight, Host

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• He was a man of great statue

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  Silly, Men, Dumb

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• I grew up with a Christmas tree, I'm going to stay with a Christmas tree.

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  Christmas, Tree, Grew Up

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• The true value of sport is more than the skills that young people learn.

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  Sports, Skills, People

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• I am also committed to providing city employees with housing assistance.

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  Cities, Employee, Committed

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• And it was from Boston that one in every six American families began their journey into the land of the free.

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  Journey, Boston, Land

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• Currently, Boston has only nine percent of the state's population - but we provide more than 16 percent of the jobs and 19 percent of the state's revenues.

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  Jobs, Boston, Population

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• One of our key strategies has been to restructure traditional high schools into small learning communities with personalized attention and a range of options.

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  School, Keys, Community

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

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  Boston, Giving, Hills

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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!

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  Boston, Years, Great Year

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• I'm proud to report that in 2004 alone, we approved 3,600 new units of housing - our best year ever!

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  Years, Best Year, Proud

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• Diversity gives our city a competitive edge.

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  Cities, Giving, Diversity

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• I am working hard to ensure that working families can continue to afford to live in our city.

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  Work, Cities, Hard

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• In the 1990s, we introduced Boston's community policing strategy. We reversed the tide of violent crime that threatened our city, and we established a national model for preventing and fighting crime.

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  Fighting, Boston, Cities

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• Children need continuity as they grow and learn.

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  Children, Needs, Grows

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• I brought together experts from health care, business, academic institutions, and the community to develop a comprehensive blueprint for eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health care in the City of Boston.

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  Boston, Cities, Community

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• We must be vigilant in our actions towards criminals, and innovative in our approach towards solving crime.

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  Criminals, Our Actions, Crime

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• Boston is known for its innovation.

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  Boston, Innovation, Known

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• Boston is safe. And we're going to keep it safe.

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  Boston, Safe, Never Quit

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