Antonio Villaraigosa Quotes

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.

Antonio Villaraigosa

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Having small children and being an investigative reporter would seem like a difficult mix, but it worked well for me. I was often working on my own enterprise stories, which were not as deadline sensitive.

Jill Abramson

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I have showed things in sparring and camp that I don't show in fights.

Andre Ward

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Somehow life doesn't always pay off to those who are most insistent.

Max Lerner

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I don't think that digital photography is romantic yet. It's not sympathetic the way that film is.

Matthew Modine

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Generally, I don't like publicity on docs in progress, much less ones that are only in development; I've always tried to stay under the radar in terms of any press, especially with regard to the subjects of the film. I don't want them to be thinking about the film or funding or what the public reaction is going to be.

Steve James

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I love KIND bars. My favorites are coconut and almond and the dark chocolate and sea salt because staying fueled helps keep me from getting sick or injured. Bananas have also made a great comeback in my life. My kids eat them all the time on the go, which has inspired my go-to pre-run morning meal of peanut butter and banana on toast.

Summer Sanders

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I think it's good to have a nice, healthy group of people all doing different things. A lot of my friends don't even work in Hollywood; they just happen to live in L.A.

Topher Grace

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Columbia University in 1959 had a kind of reputation that interested me.

Roger Zelazny

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The way glass can be molded or blown or cut into any kind of shape made me think about how we as people - our characters or souls - can be shaped or changed by outside influences.

Lisa Kleypas

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These haters are too less in number when compared to the millions who support me. I look at all those beautiful people who always stand by me. I respect them, and they equally respect me.

Divyanka Tripathi

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I learned to take those experiences that were difficult in my life and in the adversity that I had overcome to use it for a positive change.

Dominique Moceanu

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Because I was suspicious of the traditional Christian church, I tended to tar them all with the same brush. That was a mistake, because there are righteous people working in a whole rainbow of belief systems - from Hasidic Jews to right-wing Bible Belters to charismatic Catholics.

Bono

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