Mayors Quotes - Page 11

• Rocky would definitely run for councilman. Maybe mayor. But these people are actually most effective in the family unit. That's where they shine.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Running, People, Shining

  "New Again: Sylvester Stallone". Interview with Pat Hackett, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 1985.

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• I mean we [The Beatles] had to go through humiliation upon humiliation with the middle classes and showbiz and Lord Mayors and all that. They were so condescending and stupid. Everybody trying to use us. It was a special humiliation for me because I could never keep my mouth shut and I'd always have to be drunk or pilled to counteract this pressure. It was really hell .

  John Lennon

  Stupid, Mean, Class

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• Have you ever heard the expression 'one hot mess?' I think the term was custom-made for the mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford.

  Henry Rollins

  Thinking, Expression, Hot

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• The Mayor of Hong Kong, who said Can't work today. Have American flu. Never got a dinner!

  Red Buttons

  Flu, Dinner, Today

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• Anyone who is elected mayor of a place called "Sin City" is allowed to be a drunk.

  Bill Maher

  Sin City, Cities, Drunk

  "Real Time with Bill Maher". Talk-Show, www.imdb.com. (2003 - ).

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• I wouldn't vote for Ken Livingstone if he were running for mayor of Toytown.

  Arthur Scargill

  Running, Vote, Ifs

  2000 InThe Guardian, 3 May.

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• I'm vulgar, I'm a populist. But isn't that what the mayor should be?

  Jeffrey Archer

  Should, Vulgar, Populist

  "Jeffrey Archer" by Patrick Barkham, www.theguardian.com. July 21, 1999.

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• Whether Theresa May had stabbed has stabbed the former Mayor of London in the back and Michael Gove had stabbed him in the front. That's about it. It makes House of Cards look like Teletubbies.

  Nigel Evans

  House Of Cards, Looks, May

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• We need to take a whole UK perspective on this [Brexit]. The Mayor of London has got a role in those kinds of discussions.

  Stephen Crabb

  Perspective, Needs, Roles

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• Since nobody upstages Rudolph Giuliani, his will be a Broadway-class show, perhaps his final bravura performance before November 2000, when he hopes to be turned out of the mayor's office by virtue of his election to the United States Senate.

  Gail Sheehy

  Class, Office, Broadway

  "When Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani Did Battle for a Senate Seat" by Gail Sheehy, www.vanityfair.com. June 2000.

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• I know people want to run for public office, for mayor, for city council. These are people who now want to change the country. Now, getting from here to there, it's a lot of hard work. And I think that the political revolution has just started.

  Jonathan Tasini

  Running, Country, Hard Work

  "A Look At Where Bernie Sanders' Movement Goes From Here". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. July 30, 2016.

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• As the longest serving Independent in the history of the United States Congress, as somebody who came into office by defeating an incumbent Democratic mayor in Burlington, Vermont, I know something about third party politics. And I respect Jill [Stein].

  Bernie Sanders

  Party, Independent, Office

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• If Hillary Clinton can be president, then one girl can be mayor.

  Amy Klobuchar

  Girl, President, Clinton

  Source: www.npr.org

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• If Hillary Clinton can be president, then one girl can be mayor. And someone else can be a police chief, and someone else can be a U.S. senator.

  Amy Klobuchar

  Girl, Police, President

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Madrid is enjoyed most from the ground, exploring your way through its narrow streets that always lead to some intriguing park, market, tapas bar or street performer. Each night we'd leave our hotel to begin a new adventure in Madrid and nine out of 10 times, we'd walk through the Plaza Mayor.

  Emilio Estevez

  Travel, Adventure, Night

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• Five hundred murders is a lot of murders. It's hard to believe, 500 is like supposed to be good?But we went from 2,200 to 500. And it was continued on by Mayor Mike Bloomberg. And it was terminated by current mayor. But stop-and- frisk had a tremendous impact on the safety of New York City.

  Donald Trump

  New York, Believe, Impact

  "Transcript of the First Debate". www.nytimes.com. September 27, 2016.

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• If we're going to talk about mayors, that under the current mayor [of New York in 2016], crime has continued to drop, including murders.

  Hillary Clinton

  New York, Murder, Crime

  Source: time.com

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• New York has done an excellent job. And I give credit - I give credit across the board going back two mayors, two police chiefs, because it has worked. And other communities need to come together to do what will work, as well.

  Hillary Clinton

  Jobs, New York, Two

  "Trump vs. Clinton: Full Transcript Of First Presidential Debate 2016". www.ibtimes.com. September 27, 2016.

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• This is where the question always come up, "Aren't you going to split the vote?" To which the obvious answer is: Well let's just rank peoples' choices. This is a voting system we use across the country, from San Francisco to Portland, Maine, and the Twin Cities. It's used very successfully in single-office elections like mayor. It could be used for governor.

  Jill Stein

  Country, Cities, San Francisco

  Source: www.justicenewsnetwork.com

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• It's time to start bringing the congregations down to City Hall and to ask the mayors, the city councils and the school boards, "What's the plan? What's the local government going to do for us?"

  Van Jones

  School, Government, Cities

  Source: aalbc.com

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• When I ran for mayor of New York City, the first time, some people voted eight and ten times. And second time I had firefighters and police officers outside checking on the buses so we take down the number of the bus, the bus had voted ten times, and wouldn't let the bus vote again.

  Rudy Giuliani

  New York, Eight, Cities

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• I don't know about the press, but I know in the town where I live everybody was aware that I was in Africa, because I remember after I got back some of the people told me that Mayor Dura of our town said he just wished they would boil me in tar.

  Fannie Lou Hamer

  People, Towns, Remember

  Source: www.encyclopedia.com

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• Rudolph Giuliani will be the first Secretary of State whose last public office was mayor, the most thoroughly domestic public office that we have.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Office, Rudolph, Lasts

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• The FBI background check would show that Rudolph Giuliani had an out-of-control affair with his Press Secretary while he was mayor of New York.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  New York, Rudolph, Affair

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• His [Rudolph Giuliani] marital life became unhinged with his wife kicking him out of the mayor`s residence of Gracie mansion. That he took up residence as a house guest in an apartment owned by friends of his.The friends were a loving gay couple. And that is the best thing I know about Rudy Giuliani.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Couple, Gay, Wife

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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