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- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was predisposed to drunken rages. I would hide under the bed. My sister and I were talking just the other day about the terror a drunken man in a rage can create in a child.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let me be clear - no one is above the law. Not a politician, not a priest, not a criminal, not a police officer. We are all accountable for our actions.
- Duty
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- Nov 07, 2020
The great thing about our system of democracy is when they call you for jury duty, you have to come... It's an honor and a privilege. I was called and I've got to be here.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
In no small part I think all of us kind of look in the mirror and feel good or not feel good about the person we seen in the mirror in no small part because of the jobs we have.
- Labor
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not looking for a battle with anybody, neither the council nor our labor partners.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not one of the people who have to be in public office.
- Going
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- Nov 07, 2020
Again, if I was going to call Romney and the Republicans stupid, I'm certainly not going to call the Democrats and President Obama stupid.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Look, you're not going to get me to say that Democrats don't make mistakes. We do. I mentioned two areas - pension reform and seniority and tenure. I've done both - I've advocated for both. I've advocated for - seek for reform as well.
- Plan
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're not a homogeneous party, anymore than the Republicans are. But we are a party that I think has a plan to take us forward.
- Forward
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- Nov 07, 2020
Actually, as president of the Conference of Mayors, we passed the Simpson-Bowles plan as a template, as a template, as a frame work for moving forward and the president has done the same.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because we believe that you got to build the economy from middle out and not from the top down.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't just trot out a brown face or a Spanish surname and expect people are going to vote for your party or your candidate.
- Better Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have decided not to run for the U.S. Senate and instead continue my efforts to make California a better place to live, work, and raise a family. We have come a long way, but our work is not done, and neither am I.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've made no secret that although I loved being a legislator, I particularly loved being a chief executive.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I ran the first time in 2001, they called me 'The Latino Mayor.' By the time I left in 2013, with a 58 percent approval rating, half the people liked me, half the people didn't. I was everybody's mayor. There was never any criticism that I was just for one group.
- Brightest
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are teachers' unions around the country realizing they want to improve standards of the profession, improve the quality of their profession, and ultimately attract the best and the brightest to their profession. The vast majority of teachers are dedicated and committed.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
For some time, I've said this issue of comprehensive immigration reform is not just an issue about immigration or human rights or civil rights, it's about our economy. You take 11 million people from out of the dark and into the light. The think tanks have surmised that you are talking about trillions of dollars infused into the economy.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
How you are perceived is over a continuum of time. So I just keep on working. I've kind of always seen that as the antidote. Just keep on working.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
Too many Californians are struggling to make ends meet, pay the bills, and send their kids to college. They are looking for progressive leaders in Washington who will fight for them, like Senator Boxer has done for over 20 years.
- Nov 07, 2020
Some critics say I spent too much time on politics. I don't put much stock in the critics.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always said that L.A. is the city of America's future. It is to the world what London was in the 19th century and New York in the 20th because of the growth of the Pacific Rim countries. We're the portal to the emerging world.
- Bold
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- Nov 07, 2020
Don't let the Monday morning quarterbacks stop you from being bold. You've got to set a high bar.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know that my heart and my family are here in California, not in Washington, D.C.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over the years, I've learned, focus on the job at hand, and opportunities will open after.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to figure out how we put California and America back on track - how we bridge this partisan divide that is so polarizing.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
You've got to do what's right, or what you think is right. And you've got to make tough decisions. And you've got to be willing to take on your friends when you disagree with them.
- Automobile
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody knows that L.A. is known for its addiction to the single-passenger automobile, the gridlock, the congestion on the freeways.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact is this is a great country because we've always embraced immigrants. The fact is we have every right to enforce our borders and to protect them, but we also need to provide a pathway for citizenship.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Democrats and Republicans need to come together. I've criticized Democrats for their unwillingness to address entitlement reform and Social Security and Medicare. Republicans, on the other hand, never saw a tax that they liked, even when it meant closing tax loopholes. They don't want to in any way support any revenue enhancements.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Golden State has lost its luster. We've got to change our tax system and how we fund government. We're going to have to make it easier to create jobs in California, incentivize manufacturing, really put more in the way of investment in our public school system and our institutions of higher learning if we're going to stay the Golden State.
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
I say to people that Los Angeles is a city of America's hope and its promise. It's a city where we come from every corner of the Earth here to make the American dream happen.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm excited about Los Angeles because I believe in her. I believe in her destiny. I think that the fact that we have so many different people from so many parts of the world is a big reason why L.A. is the city of America's promise.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to be known as the mayor who happens to be Latino who made a difference. I ran to make a difference.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that the mayor of the most diverse city anywhere in the world has to be a uniter, has to be someone that's comfortable in every community, has to be someone that represents all of us.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020