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“Just as every animal is part of a kingdom, phylum, class, and order, every Dorchester resident has a parish, school, park, and neighborhood that they identify with.” quote by Ayanna Pressley — Download Open image

“Just as every animal is part of a kingdom, phylum, class, and order, every Dorchester resident has a parish, school, park, and neighborhood that they identify with.”

Ayanna Pressley

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I happen to be black and a woman and unapologetically proud to be both, but that is not the totality of my identity.

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I am probably an outsider because I challenge conventional narratives about who should have a seat at the table.

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We should be uncomfortable with the growing gaps in our society, and we cannot allow ourselves to become desensitized to these injustices.

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I don't put too much stock in polls.

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An increase in bicycle ridership brings an increased need for measures to ensure the safety of cyclists.

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When I was ready to buy my first home after years of renting, I immediately zeroed in on Dorchester.

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I was 3-years-old - to this day it is a vivid memory. My family and I were on a boat, catching fish. As one fish was caught, he was writhing, then he was thrown against the side of the boat. You couldn't disguise what it was. This was what we did to animals to eat them. The animal went from…

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Animals know nothing of themselves, and they also know nothing of the world.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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When grubbing for necessities man is still an animal. He becomes uniquely human when he reaches out for the superfluous and extravagant.

Eric Hoffer

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A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!

William Shakespeare

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“What does it mean to be a self-conscious animal? The idea is ludicrous, if it is not monstrous. It means to know that one is food for worms. This is the terror: to have emerged from nothing, to have a name, consciousness of self, deep inner feelings, an excruciating inner yearning for life and self-expression and with all this yet…

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