Eric Garcetti Quotes
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I look forward to working with the White House in areas like infrastructure, where President Trump says he wants to spend a trillion dollars. Great - we'd love to start right here in Los Angeles.
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I think I bring a perspective that local communities are what make this country great, and they are the laboratories of democracy.
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We need to make sure teachers are in schools and that children have teachers.
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Cities are those laboratories of democracy that states used to be.
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Enthusiasm — real grassroots enthusiasm — trumps money, trumps endorsements, trumps everything.
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Aggressive government spending during the Great Recession was absolutely necessary.
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I'm very much a California boy. I try to eat healthy and exercise.
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Environment, homelessness, infrastructure and immigration - I'm very focused on all four, which are critical to the success of Los Angeles.
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In Washington, you have imaginary problems, and they can't even solve the imaginary problems.
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The idea of red-washing or blue-washing an entire county because a few more people vote one way or the other does a disservice to the people who live there.
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I'm pretty skinny, and I can sleep at the drop of a hat. So, take that middle seat in economy and save the money for other things you can do.
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Think about Kennedy. Think about Carter. Think about Clinton. Think about Obama. They've all been in their forties and from outside Washington, or underdogs in one way or another. I just think that Americans are looking everywhere, saying, 'Hey, show me some authenticity. Show me somebody who's practical. Show me people who run things.'
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I want to turn momentum on traffic. I want to make in a dent in homelessness on the way to eradicating it on our streets. But there's always something else to do tomorrow. And you have to be at peace knowing you're not going to finish it all.
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We need a pro-worker trade approach that puts American jobs - not corporate profits - front and center.
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The problem with the Democratic Party is, we're like, 'If we just get another presidential candidate in there, everything will be OK.' We should be focusing on school boards, city council races, state legislatures.
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I am a passionate, committed composer, and the guy I used to write musicals with, once he was able to ditch me and get a better composer, actually won the Tony.
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People will give you the responsibility, even the authority, to go after the big things, the visionary things, the reaching for incredible opportunities, if they trust that you're running a city well. And if you don't run a city well, conversely, you can't do the big things.
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Los Angeles has all the ingredients of success... but we need to start with our education system.
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I want to be high-profile with the average Angeleno. I want to be out there holding office hours on a curb in Boyle Heights.
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I think it is time for a radical federalism in this country, where people trust innovation coming from the local level and ramp that up.
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It is the responsibility, I think, of anybody in elected office to look for opportunities to help serve their people.
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There's no question we need more housing, and we have to fight for that throughout California.
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The fact is, there are far more customers for American products outside of the U.S. than there are here at home. With open markets and a level playing field, American workers can out-compete workers anywhere in the world.
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I'm a typical mutt American. I have an Italian last name. Half-Mexican, half-Jewish.