Lucky and shrewd

"Connecticut. Aren’t we lucky? We have wonderful wildflowers—parks—hills—lovely old houses. We have a pace that we like—sometimes slow—sometimes fast. Rivers—reservoirs—Long Island Sound. A wonderful climate—trees—gardens—snow—rain. And it's a good size—not huge—not small." 

— Katherine Hepburn (1907-2003), American movie star and Connecticut native. She lived for many years in Old Saybrook, on Long Island Sound.

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"The sobriquet, the Nutmeg State, is applied to Connecticut because its early inhabitants had the reputation of being so ingenious and shrewd that they were able to make and sell wooden nutmegs."

— Connecticut State Library