"One of the most special things about the city of New Orleans is how diverse a people we really are. There's been a new generation of individuals that have all grown up together, so I don't really see myself as a White mayor. I've never seen New Orleans as a Black city."

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Source : "New Orleans Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. April 26, 2010.

Mitch Landrieu

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“God says in the bible that we should love our neighbor and he created us all as equals. I know in my heart that gays and lesbians should have the same government rights that Spencer and I will when we get married. So, yes, this blonde Christian believes in gay marriage.”

Source : "Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, Heidi Montag Tweet About Same-Sex Marriage" by Jocelyn Vena, www.mtv.com. April 22, 2009.
“A hypothesis or theory is clear, decisive, and positive, but it is believed by no one but the man who created it. Experimental findings, on the other hand, are messy, inexact things, which are believed by everyone except the man who did that work.”
“Fulfill me, make me happy, make me feel safe, tell me who I am. The world cannot give you those things, and when you no longer have such expectations, all self created suffering comes to an end.”
“If your stories are all about your products and services, that's not storytelling. It's a brochure. Give yourself permission to make the story bigger.”
“You must learn to forgive a man when he's in love. He's always a nuisance.”
“There are such a lot of things that have no place in summer and autumn and spring. Everything thatâ€™s a little shy and a little rum. Some kinds of night animals and people that donâ€™t fit in with others and that nobody really believes in. They keep out of the way all the year. And then when everythingâ€™s quiet and white and the nights are long and most people are asleepâ€”then they appear.”
“As adults, we try to develop the character traits that would have rescued our parents.”
“No employment can be managed without arithmetic, no mechanical invention without geometry.”

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