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Pizza is no longer on my diet.

Material things don't matter.

We are teaching kids to fail. We need to teach our kids to succeed.

I'm the same businessman Donald Trump is.

I want to inspire people.

I'm a New York businessman.

I could have beat Obama.

I am a real New Yorker ... I didn't go to Harvard, I didn't go to Yale ... I rooted for the Yankees; I didn't root for the Boston Red Sox.

America always recovers.

I'm not a Mike Bloomberg billionaire.

People tell me, 'You better lose weight if you want to run for mayor.' I said, 'I got the Chris Christie look.'

What transpired at Semgroup was no less than a $500 billion fraud on the people of the world.

I have a love factor with the minorities.

It seems everyone knows the value of a cantaloupe or a quart of milk.

I respect John Kennedy for saying that he had a dream that we'd go to the moon before the end of the decade.

I'm a Bill Clinton social Republican.

I think New York is destined to have a Democratic mayor, and I want Freddy Ferrer to be that mayor.

New York is for everybody; it's for the poor, it's for the middle-class, it's for the wealthy. We can't punish any one group and chase them away.

I was a Mitt Romney Republican because he was pro-business.

My life would be better without Gristedes.

We have to draw the line someplace with all the pesticides being used by the farmers.

Anytime you cut food stamps, it naturally affects sales. People spend less.

In your company or industry, work every job in that industry. It's the only way of having a complete understanding of your people and your company.

It will be almost impossible for any other candidate to raise the money that the Clintons can raise.

Americans like buying American vs. buying from Chavez or buying from the Middle East.

Everyone - whether it's the Jews, the Greeks, the Catholics - everybody is entitled to religious beliefs and entitled to their traditions.

I'm a visionary. I'm not a maintenance person.

What's worse than getting divorced?

I grew up on 135th Street. I grew up on the poor side of New York. I grew up in Harlem.

Grocery stores can't afford to pay $80 a square foot. At that rate, we are going out of business.

The Fresh Direct model doesn't work.

While in my late teens and in my 20s, I worked seven days a week, 20 hours a day. I worked my tail off.

You have to work at everything. You've got to make it work.

I love people. I enjoy people.

Bill Clinton told me that when he was 14, he shook John Kennedy's hand, and that inspired him to be president.

I just want to reflect the respect I have for animals.

Nobody destroys people - people destroy themselves, and it's very, very sad.

It is tough that a lot of kids have single-family homes.

My father died in '97. But at least he lived until 93, so he saw my success.

All my life, I've been winning, ok?

As mayor, I would support law enforcement, not knock it down.

New York never felt the recession. New York never felt a depression.

I believe business has to do well and that the surrounding communities do well.

I'm not a Johnny-come-lately Jew. I've been around. I watch out for the Jews; I watch out for the Catholics.

I care about making New York better.

There are two New Yorks - Manhattan and everything else. I'm a Manhattanite. I feel sorry for those people who aren't.

I'm tough, but I have a heart.

I was a Clinton Democrat for twenty years.

I promoted myself as a fusion ticket. I was running as a Republican liberal.

I could be like Joe Kennedy and say, 'My kids are going to run for president!'

I made a ton of money.

I believe that all people that are successful should pay back their cities, their states, their towns, our country.

I think the rich should pay more in taxes - I agree with that 100 percent - but everybody should feel the pain a little bit.

The media doesn't always reflect reality.

I started in the supermarket business in the early '70s. And by '75, '76, I realized you don't have a business unless you own the real estate.