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179 Mayors quotes by 140 unique authors
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Two successive commissioners in London police were fired by the mayor that came into office. That doesn't mean the police in London is not independent…
— P. Chidambaram
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If Ron Dellums running for mayor gives you hope, then let's get on with it.
— Ron Dellums
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You don't have to be wealthy to run for mayor. I'm a Green Party candidate running for mayor and I'm being taken seriously.
— Matt Gonzalez
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I've run for office, and I've stood on street corners, while people walked by me and didn't want to talk to me, and did not…
— Matt Gonzalez
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If you run for mayor, people say you're being egotistical. If you decide you won't run for mayor, people say you're being self-centered and egotistical.
— Matt Gonzalez
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At the end of the day, New Yorkers need a mayor who understands the problems they face, brings a smart plan and good people to…
— Sal Albanese
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If people are a little nervous about approaching you at the market, it's good. I'm not Chuckles The Clown. Or Bozo. I don't cut the…
— Tom Waits
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I have had a strong and a long relationship on national security, I've been involved in every national crisis that this nation has faced since…
— John McCain
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TRYING TO BE POPULAR IN HIGH SCHOOL IS LIKE TRYING TO BE MAYOR OF A CITY THAT WON'T EXIST IN FOUR YEARS.
— Jenny Holzer
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I never had an interest in being a mayor ’cause that’s a real job. You have to produce. That’s why I was able to be…
— Joe Biden
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When you're a mayor and you have a problem you blame the provincial government. If you are provincial government and you have a problem you…
— Jean Chretien
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I am at a crossroads; I have always been against armed opposition... I have chosen civil disobedience. But I will apologize to my people if…
— Osman Baydemir
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There was an exhibition in Munich in 1937, 'Degenerate Art,' which included work by Klee, Kandinsky, Beckmann and many others. The work was called 'sick'…
— Hans Haacke
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Business leaders, labor unions, governors, mayors, congressmen and presidents have all complained about a lack of funding for years, but aside from a one-time cash…
— Steve Kroft
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While I was the mayor abortions in New York went down and adoptions went way up, because we worked on adoptions as an alternative, so…
— Rudy Giuliani
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Being mayor of New York was a crisis a week and an emergency every other day.
— Rudy Giuliani
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I have been urged by the earnest pleas of thousands of people to enter this race. Therefore, I hereby declare my candidacy for Mayor of…
— Harold Washington
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I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
— Harold Washington
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If you elect a matinee idol mayor, you're going to have a musical comedy administration.
— Robert Moses
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who also happens to be the 10th richest person in America, with a personal fortune of some $18 billion,…
— Jeff Goodell
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I want to be mayor, but I don’t need to be mayor. I’m not a career politician.
— Dick Murphy
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You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator.
— Dick Murphy
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Billy Jean King could not get credit when her husband was in law school and she was winning the Wimbledon, because he had to sign…
— Gail Collins
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When I'm looking for hot button answers to tough questions, I don't look to congressman or my mayor. I say, 'What would Miss U.S.A. have…
— Dane Cook
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I do like men and I had, you know, a guy in high school that I wanted to marry desperately. He's the mayor of some…
— Ellen DeGeneres
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