"Pressure makes diamonds."

During a telephone call with an employee from MassGOP this morning, I learned a new phrase, pertinent to the political environment enveloping Massachusetts and the people involved in those campaigns. When asked to whom the quotation is attributed, the gentleman at the Boston office suggested that perhaps a life insurance salesman back in the 1950's might have come up with it as a way of dealing with the stress of his job. Just before we said good-bye he added, "Women really like it".