"Some of us claim that New York City is the capital of the country, indeed the capital of the world. Now, that may be a bit much for those who don't come from New York, but clearly we are an important city for reasons of our cultural advantages."

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"Some of us claim that New York City is the capital of the country, indeed the capital of the world. Now, that may be a bit much for those who don't come from New York, but clearly we are an important city for reasons of our cultural advantages."

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"I went to Israel when the missiles were falling there."

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"The art and culture that is New York, communications, finance, all these things help make up New York. The rest of the country should be happy that we are what we are."

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"The people really are what make New York City great."

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"I went downtown as a lawyer and then I worked in a liquor store at night, as I had done all through law school. And so when I got to the point where I could give up the night job, I joined the political club."

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"I'm confident that, were I mayor, I would do some things differently than he has. But I think there's a world of difference between him and his immediate predecessor."

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"My mother came here to New York. She and my grandmother were domestics, cooking, cleaning for other people."

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"I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law."

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