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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It's difficult losing, but it's even more difficult when you didn't make a shot. I could see the ball just didn't go your way on an out-of-bounds play or something like that, but when you're just not making them, it's frustrating.
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I think that Pebble Beach is my favorite golf course to go to. I think Augusta is my favorite place to go play golf.
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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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If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don't need an enemy.
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I want to dunk on Kevin Hart.
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What's the trick to writing a good bad guy? Well, for me, it's always been the idea that you pit yourself against authority, you know? I think that's what it takes - and then you can write villainous characters.
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I'll have pasta two out of seven meals.
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Trust the Lord. He is the good shepherd. He knows His sheep. And His sheep know His voice.
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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.
