Twin Towns and Sister Cities

Twin Towns And Sister Cities

Twin towns or sister cities are cooperative agreements between towns, cities, and even counties in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.

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Famous quotes containing the words twin, towns, sister and/or cities:

    “If they be two, they are two so
    As stiff twin compasses are two;
    Thy soul, the fixed foot, makes no show
    To move, but doth if th’ other do.”
    —John Donne (1572–1631)

    “What youth or maiden conspires with the wild luxuriant beauty of Nature? She flourishes most alone, far from the towns where they reside.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “For she has made me the laily worm
    That lies at the fit o’ the tree,
    An’ my sister Masery she’s made
    The machrel of the sea.”
    —Unknown. The Laily Worm and the Machrel of the Sea (l. 5–8)

    “Satire is born of the cities it denounces.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)