Antonio Villaraigosa Quotes

The day that I spearheaded the passage of America Fast Forward... the newspaper of record did not put it in the newspaper; what they put was my breakup with my ex-girlfriend. I took umbrage with that. A great newspaper ought to be printing things that people care about, issues that people care about.

Antonio Villaraigosa

• People
• Great
• America
• Girlfriend
• Breakup

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• I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Goal
  • Process
  • Obsessed

• I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Myself
  • Like
  • See

• We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.

  

  Abigail Adams
  • High
  • Words
  • Actions

• We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.

  

  T-Pain
  • Learn
  • Surroundings
  • Adjust

• I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.

  

  Gabriel Iglesias
  • Girl
  • Sexy
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• In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.

  

  Daniel Craig
  • People
  • Different
  • Different People

• So when I'm working out I do things extreme.

  

  Taylor Dayne
  • Things
  • Working
  • Extreme

• I don't work out and be healthy and want a strong body because I want to look good in a bikini. I do all of those things for me and for my health. I'm not going on the cover of 'Maxim' and 'FHM' because that's not me.

  

  Maggie Q
  • Good
  • Work
  • Strong

• My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.

  

  Sam Smith
  • World
  • Love
  • Best

• I picked up 'The Hunger Games' thinking it was written at my regressed reading level. I've spent hours reading it, and I'm not even halfway through. Our bass player, whose name is also Nate, ended up reading all three novels and loved them.

  

  Nate Ruess Fun.
  • Up
  • Thinking
  • Reading

• I don't feel closeted.

  

  Adam Lambert
  • Feel

• I don't have anything interesting to conceal or reveal in my private life, and it is really only my work and professional life that I want to talk about.

  

  Quentin Blake
  • Life
  • Work
  • Interesting

• Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.

  

  Wendell Pierce
  • True
  • Self
  • Consequences

• I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold such great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realize that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation.

  

  Maeve Binchy
  • People
  • Great
  • Popular

• Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don't find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.

  

  Abel Ferrara
  • Live
  • Heart
  • Experience

• All you have to do is to dream big and try to fulfil it.

  

  Kapil Dev
  • Dream
  • You
  • Try

• It feels really good to give back. I'm opening the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness Centre in Australia.

  

  Olivia Newton-John
  • Good
  • Cancer
  • Australia

• Furthermore, the slaves cannot be put into a more wretched situation, ourselves being judges, and the community cannot take a more lively step to escape ruin, and obtain the smiles and protection of Heaven.

  

  Samuel Hopkins
  • Community
  • Heaven
  • Step

• I think in any relationship in this industry, there's a stress on relationships. I think that's reality, but in no way do I think that if a relationship is meant to be together and a marriage is meant to be together, that anything like a show or being in this industry can change that.

  

  Evan Ross
  • Reality
  • Change
  • Relationship

• For someone who comes from my business background, getting fashion people aligned around certain things can be a challenge. In a way, the industry is so forward-looking. And yet, sometimes people in fashion are not open to change.

  

  Imran Amed
  • People
  • Business
  • Change

• I don't give people time to start talking junk, because I say something to them first.

  

  Jimmy Graham
  • People
  • Time

• People in towns are always preoccupied. 'Have I missed the bus? Have I forgotten the potatoes? Can I get across the road?

  

  Nancy Mitford
  • People
  • Road
  • Potatoes

• I look up to a lot of old school drummers from the '70s, '80s, and '90s.

  

  Ashton Irwin 5 Seconds of Summer
  • Up
  • School

• The day that I spearheaded the passage of America Fast Forward... the newspaper of record did not put it in the newspaper; what they put was my breakup with my ex-girlfriend. I took umbrage with that. A great newspaper ought to be printing things that people care about, issues that people care about.

  

  Antonio Villaraigosa
  • People
  • Great
  • America