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  • You wouldn't believe how the town was named for me. I was met by the whole population, headed by the mayor.

  • I wasn't predicted to be anything. I just followed an inner spirit, and it put me in the right place and the right time. I didn't want to be the mayor of Atlanta. I didn't want to run for Congress. I didn't want to work for Martin Luther King Jr. I wanted to work close to him and be a writer and write about the movement.

    Running   Kings   Writing  
  • It does not appear, nor is there any reason to believe that [ Jeff Sessions] will put policing reform front and center in the way that this justice department has, and that will mean that we cast aside eight years of hard work, blood, sweat and tears that have gone into bringing cities and mayors and communities to the table to address what truly is a national crisis.

    Source: www.msnbc.com
  • There is one school of thought that says Mayors should cut ribbons, be funny and be a buffoon. The other school of thought is that we can do more. Scotland is getting more powers. Wales is getting more powers. Greater Manchester. London needs more powers.

    Source: www.alastaircampbell.org
  • Hands that picked cotton can now pick the mayor.

    Hands   Cotton   Mayors  
  • God is on my side, and that's all I need. I get up in the morning, I pray to God. I don't pray to the president, the governor, the mayor, no black caucus, no this and that. I pray to God, and that's the end of it.

    "Mr. T" by Stephen Thompson, www.avclub.com. June 26, 2002.
  • 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 the table, and, more than anything, has the independence, courage and conviction to do the right thing.

  • I would not vote for the mayor. It's not just because he didn't invite me to dinner, but because on my way into town from the airport there were such enormous potholes.

    Airports   Dinner   Way  
    "Giuliani? He Wouldn't Get Castro's Vote". Interview with Lizette Alvarez, www.nytimes.com. October 26, 1995.
  • I think I did everything possible known to any mayor in the country as it relates to saving lives.

    Interview with Tim Russert, www.nbcnews.com. September 11, 2005.
  • Remember when friends was friends, and LL had a Benz? And cell phones and beepers was the new trends? When Koch was the Mayor and Reagan was the Pres?

    Rap   Phones   Cells  
    Song: Turn Back the Hands of Time, Album: Weekend Warrior, 2003
  • Have you ever heard the expression 'one hot mess?' I think the term was custom-made for the mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford.

  • 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 blame the federal government. We don't blame the Queen any more, so once in a while we might blame the Americans.

  • Craig Robinson is basically the mayor of wherever he goes.

    Mayors  
  • That was one of the reasons I took the role [of Mayor Amanda Rosewater in Defiance] - to be a part of something groundbreaking interested me.

    Roles   Reason   Amanda  
    Source: www.avclub.com
  • I'm the mayor, I can do whatever I want until the courts tell me I can't.'

    Want   Mayors   Court  
  • For better or worse, when you're running for mayor, there's a little bit of a spotlight on you.

  • He has certainly earned a reputation as a fantastic mayor, because the results speak for themselves. I mean, New York's a safer place for him to be.

    New York   Humor   Mean  
  • 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.

    New York   Murder   Crime  
    Source: time.com
  • You can be anything you want to be. You can be a street sweeper, if you want. Just be the best blasted street sweeper you can be . . . And, you know you can be mayor.

  • A mayor is a symbol and a public face of what a city bureaucracy provides its citizens.

    Cities   Citizens   Faces  
  • 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 .

    Stupid   Mean   Class  
    Source: www.counterpunch.org
  • 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 infusion from the stimulus program, nothing much has changed. There is still no consensus on how to solve the problem or where to get the massive amounts of money needed to fix it, just another example of political paralysis in Washington.

    Source: www.cbsnews.com
  • Others may doubt us. They may criticize us. They may try to deny us what is rightfully ours. But they will fail. And I promise you, as long as I am mayor, I will never back away from fighting any opponent - or confronting any obstacle - that would prevent our people from achieving all of their dreams in Our New York.

    Michael Bloomberg's State of the City Address, www.gothamgazette.com. January 8, 2004.
  • I think it's weird that people think someone who's not a politician could be the mayor of Chicago.

    Source: articles.chicagotribune.com
  • Beaverbrook is so pleased to be in the government that he is like the town tart who finally married the Mayor.

    In Sir Henry Channon Chips: the Diaries (1967) 12 June 1940
  • As Mayor, I will fully support my Arts Commission and its professional selection committees so that they can commission a full range of public art that is daring and, when appropriate, daringly traditional

    Art   Support   Range  
  • Mayor: How horrible our Christmas will be! Jack Skellington: *No.* [the Mayor switches to his upset face] Jack Skellington: How *jolly*! Mayor: Oh. How *jolly* our Christmas will be.

    Upset   Faces   Mayors  
    "The Nightmare Before Christmas". www.imdb.com. 1993.
  • We need to take a whole UK perspective on this [Brexit]. The Mayor of London has got a role in those kinds of discussions.

  • I am also a Kentucky Colonel and an Honorary Mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, among other things.

  • Donald Trump and Ted Cruz on the Republican side. On the Democratic side, he sees Hillary Clinton struggling a bit... And Mayor Bloomberg sees a big lane in the middle for a moderate former Republican who believes in gun control and climate change.

    Believe   Struggle   Gun  
    "As Caucus Day Nears, Trump And Cruz Make Big Push In Iowa". "All Things Considered" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. January 23, 2016.
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