Eric Garcetti Quotes
People elect me to make sure the chief of police is the right chief of police. They elect me to make sure I have the right person running the airport.
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We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
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We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
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Inevitably, I think the people that want to work with me are also the people that I want to work with.
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Team members have to hold each other accountable. If there's a meeting, all members have to commit to be present and to help one another; they can't just check out when they feel they're not getting any benefits.
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Don't ally your personal interests with the development of the company.
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I wish I had read more and majored in literature rather than theatre. I think I would have been a better artist for it. I am trying to play catch-up now.
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I was a fashion editor for years in London before I came to 'Vogue,' and I spent my life arranging the folds of a ball gown skirt for a picture and pinning fabric and using all those stylist tricks. And you don't have to do that now because they can do it in Photoshop.
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When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.
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In a free country, government is a dull and onerous responsibility. It is a parent-teacher conference.
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I'm usually working on eight or 10 things at once.
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English, as a subject, never really got over its upstart nature. It tries to bulk itself up with hopeless jargon and specious complexity, tries to imitate subjects it can never be.
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As a child, I used 'gay' as a bad word, as in, 'That's so gay.' All my friends did.
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I take mentoring very seriously and as a result I hardly get any work done during the school year.
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He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despair: For when they reach the scene of crime - Macavity's not there!
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I have said it before and I will say it again: Impeachment is off the table.
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Here’s a pot with a cot in a parkIn a park where the peach-blossoms blew,Where the lovers eloped in the dark,Lived, died and were changed into twoBright birds that eternally flewThrough the boughs of the may, as they sang;’T is a tale was undoubtedly trueIn the reign of the Emperor Hwang.
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What I really wanted was to perform. So if it took four world titles or one Olympic medal, I just wanted so badly to be able to perform. So it doesn't hinder me sleeping at night that I don't have an Olympic medal.
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At a time of economic recession, the need for Medicaid and other safety net services is even greater. And we don't want to raise taxes on people who are having a tough time paying their bills.
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If your life had lyrics, would they be any good?
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The scariest film in the world is 'Rosemary's Baby.'
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I don't like getting older, but there's nothing I can do. Hitting 60 wasn't great, but I think I was lucky in not being that beautiful; it can be really cruel on people who have been stunning.
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When I have an argument with someone, even with someone I am not very close with, I can't sleep at night thinking about it. It's terrible. But I still manage speak out frankly because I have also been gifted with the ability to read people. I can sense when they start to get irritated with me, and then, I shift.
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People elect me to make sure the chief of police is the right chief of police. They elect me to make sure I have the right person running the airport.
