It's a deal they can't refuse. Los Angeles makes the absolute best sense. |
It's going to be a very close election. You won't hear me talk about how we have it in the bag. I think turnout is going to be the key, and I expect turnout is going to be great. |
Leadership is not about being afraid to lead or make mistakes, ... the whole culture is about being safe and risk averse. |
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. |
Literacy is crucial to creating job opportunities, supporting workers and their families and eradicating poverty in our region, ... Literacy must start in homes and classrooms by giving the children of Los Angeles the best education possible to enable them to pursue their goals and become engaged citizens. I am committed to assembling the resources needed to build the skills of our workers and our children. |
Look, I'm a grown-up, I know people do things out of self-interest and opportunism. I'm going to have to work with people who weren't with me. |
Many of these jobs are quality, middle-class jobs, ... The film industry is pivotal to the city's economy. ... In fact, the average scripted features -- television and commercial productions -- have a direct production-related economic impact of $150,000 to $250,000 each day they're in production. |
Most people run away from fires and disasters; you guys run in, |
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. |
My greatest and fondest memories were serving the six years that I served here in the Legislature -- and certainly as Speaker, |
New Latino Nation. |
Our community knows the difference between rhetoric and results. They know the difference between pandering and producing. |
Stem cell research will be the key to unlocking the mysteries of illnesses that have afflicted our friends and families for generations, ... We need Washington to stop playing politics that could impact California's efforts to lead the nation in life saving research. We stand united in California urging Congress to pass Senator Feinstein's legislation adopting strong ethical standards while pushing forward on sensible research. |
The events around Hurricane Katrina, the images, showed America a very dark underbelly of race and class, and all of us should be concerned by what we saw there, ... But in many ways, what we saw there, you could easily see here in the city of Los Angeles, and in Chicago and New York. |
The fact that this happened the day after Sept. 11 (caused) a heightened sense of concern, ... Our city is prepared to handle these situations. |