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We are proud of our contribution to the Massachusetts economy. It is an honor to be recognized by the Boston Business Journal. George Bennett
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We are a very good team and this loss doesn't mean we are not a good team. It will be interesting to see how we respond in training and how we play at Boston College next week. We will learn from this game, and it is still only September as there is a lot of soccer left.
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When you think about Boston, Harvard and M.I.T. are the brains of the city, and its soul might be Faneuil Hall or the State House or the Old Church. But I think the pulsing, pounding heart of Boston is Fenway Park. John Williams
boston people clubs
People saying, 'Life didn't turn out the way I wanted it to.' Welcome to the club. I wanted to be the starting center-fielder for the Boston Red Sox, for chrissakes! Denis Leary
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A profit is not without honor save in Boston. Carolyn Wells
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We have to get a team that represents what our standards are. On the road trip and the Boston game prior to that, we represented ourselves well. In the last two games we have given very, very little to the game, to each other and to the organization.
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I studied acting at Boston University. I was in the theater department there. Somewhere in there I decided that wasn't what I was going to do and I went to the B.F.A. film program at N.Y.U. Charlie Kaufman
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What they're doing is moving forward with the J&J process, which is at this point more official than the Boston Scientific process. Boston Scientific has not yet made an official offer for the company. They've merely proposed an offer.
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We felt like before the season started, leaving out all the injuries, we felt like we were going to be a pretty good team. We started out slow due to injuries. It kind of set us back a little bit. But winning that home game (against the Boston Celtics), then going on a six-game road trip, that was either going to make us or break us. It was really going to determine our season. We were hungry, and we were really confident and went 5-1. Tracy McGrady
circles needs survivor
We need be careful how we deal with those about us, when every death carries to some small circle of survivors, thoughts of so much omitted, and so little done- of so many things forgotten, and so many more which might have been repaired! There is no remorse so deep as that which is unavailing; if we would be spared its tortures, let us remember this, in time. Charles Dickens
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As we ascend in society, like those who climb a mountain, we shall find that the line of perpetual congelation commences with the higher circles; and the nearer we approach to the grand luminary the court, the more frigidity and apathy shall we experience. Charles Caleb Colton
circles expectations survival
Here is the vicious circle: if you feel separate from your organic life, you feel driven to survive; survival -going on living- thus becomes a duty and also a drag because you are not fully with it; because it does not quite come up to expectations, you continue to hope that it will, to crave for more time, to feel driven all the more to go on. Alan Watts
circles outsiders scene
I've never wanted to be part of an inner circle of any scene. I've always been an outsider looking to question and subvert. David LaChapelle
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A comedian sees the world bent. I'm tangent to the circle. Buddy Hackett
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When you surf, the ultimate goal is to get into a pipeline where the water circles around you and that's all there is. In writing, it's the same thing. You want to get into this pipeline where the story is circling around you and that's all there is. That is writing nirvana to me. Michael Connelly
circles tails edges
I was right at the edge of their circle, like the tail of a Q... Aimee Bender
circles people leader
In the end, I've found, people like the direct approach. It's much more valuable to them to have a leader who's absolutely clear and open than to have one who soft-soaps or talks in circles. Bill Parcells
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NASCAR is a bunch of farmers driving around in circles. Eddie Irvine
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We've won games that way. We've shot poorly and then got on the offensive boards and played defense. They were just too good. Jay Wright
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We struggled on offense, but we kept playing defense and kept getting stops. I thought we controlled the boards and our defense was good tonight.
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We have to get to the offensive glass. We didn't crash the boards when we should have. We settled for jumpers instead of getting to the line. Becky Hammon
boards biscuits enough
I thought about making biscuits, but there seemed to be more than enough calories on board. Charlaine Harris
boards tough should
A board member should be perfectly willing to leave at any time and willing to make the tough calls. Charlie Munger
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We're getting boards and picking up loose balls. We've been playing well of late. You always hope to be peaking at this stage of the season.
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We know Gary will go to the boards and will press. We've got to turn it into our style of game and get out and run.
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We're not changing anything. I learned that years ago. The key always for us is can we stop their inside people and get some boards and kick it out? By the looks of it, they'll transition, and so will we.
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(LSU) coach (Pokey Chatman) challenged me in the locker room at halftime to get as many boards as possible. I just picked up my energy in the second half. Sylvia Fowles