Quotes about "Contemporary Issues"

When you compare mayors to Washington insiders, Americans see that mayors actually get the job done. ”

In terms of the Green New Deal, I support the urgency and the end goal of the Green New Deal. I would look to work with our climatologists, economists to propose my own plan and how we would meet those goals. ”

I always try to keep a little bit of space in the year to work with other people. Because I love doing musicals, films and plays - projects where I'm not in charge, where I've got somebody else telling me what to do and I have to work with their vision. ”

I listen to music all the time, and I just choose things I like, or things that I've not used before. Sometimes I work with music that's very difficult - that I don't even particularly like, per se, but that is really complex or interesting. ”

If you put this in the context of Detroit in '64 or '65, the economy was booming. Everybody had jobs and there was a whole nightclub culture where bands could work. ”

I liked being CEO of Blockbuster, but my job is to put it on the bottom line for shareholders. ”

Waste Management was based in Chicago, but I lived in Ft. Lauderdale and for 10 years had to commute to work - catch the 5 P.M. Sunday flight to Chicago and the midnight return flight on Friday. ”

You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I give authority, but I stay in touch. Otherwise it doesn't work. ”

You can't write anything you want. Once you write that first chapter, then everything else is determined. You can write anything you want, but only one thing works. ”

Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others. ”