Joe Lhota Quotes
Mayors of New York have been elected not because of their party label, but because of their philosophy and their approach overall, and that has been since time immemorial in New York, that people are not party-oriented in New York.
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.
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The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.
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We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
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Every artist was first an amateur.
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You have to enjoy it. It is not going to happen every year, so this is the year that it is happening and we have got to go out there and enjoy it.
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For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.
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Unfortunately, if you don't want to be in the spotlight, get out of it.
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When I'm singing I feel like I'm talking to someone. I'm in conversation when I perform - either with myself or with whomever is listening.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.
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You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people.
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It's not enough to have economic growth. You have to distribute wealth throughout all of society.
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I have an appreciation for everywhere I've been so far.
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Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.
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A lady once asked him how he came to define 'pastern', the knee of a horse: instead of making an elaborate defence, as might be expected, he at once answered, 'Ignorance, Madam, pure ignorance.'
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I didn't spend a lot of time with prison guards, but my father was an assistant district attorney for a long time so I was always hearing stories about prisoners and prison guards.
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There were days when Keanu was looking a little green from the amount of cigarettes we were having him smoke.
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Don't try to guess what it is people want and give it to them. Don't ask for a show of hands. Try your best to write what you like, what you think your friends would like and what you think your father would like and then cross your fingers... The most valuable thing you have is your own voice.
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Natto, Japanese ferment bean paste, will never cross my lips again. Spam Musubi, on the other hand, is something I love. I used to have a roommate of Vietnamese descent, and he would eat it all the time. It looked gross, but I finally had it - wrapped in seaweed and rice - it was terrific.
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Mayors of New York have been elected not because of their party label, but because of their philosophy and their approach overall, and that has been since time immemorial in New York, that people are not party-oriented in New York.
