Today we're dealing with metropolitan Shanghai, metropolitan New Delhi or Paris. If we're competing at that level, our diversity, that richness of people coming from so many different backgrounds, is one of our greatest advantages.

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In the restaurant business, you never want to have enemies, whereas it seems that many...

In the restaurant business, you never want to have enemies, whereas it seems that many...

We will see the increasingly rapid rate of growth we've already been seeing in Colorado...

We will see the increasingly rapid rate of growth we've already been seeing in Colorado...

I assume we will have figured out a way to efficiently utilize solar energy and...

I assume we will have figured out a way to efficiently utilize solar energy and...

We are, by many measures, one of the more diverse cities in the country, growing...

We are, by many measures, one of the more diverse cities in the country, growing...

If it was really successful, it was a life calling, a career I was excited...

If it was really successful, it was a life calling, a career I was excited...

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There could have been more planning in New Orleans, but you look at all the...

Last, in restaurants you spend a lot of time dealing with people who are very...

Last, in restaurants you spend a lot of time dealing with people who are very...

Denver is a city that will be far more defined by its future than its...

Denver is a city that will be far more defined by its future than its...

I would argue that's because we had a bunch of smart people running around here....

I would argue that's because we had a bunch of smart people running around here....

The most important thing a mayor does is hire talented people to run the city.

The most important thing a mayor does is hire talented people to run the city.

Is there some risk every day we walk out our front door? Every time we...

Is there some risk every day we walk out our front door? Every time we...

And if I lost I would have gone back to 12 weeks of vacation, because...

And if I lost I would have gone back to 12 weeks of vacation, because...

I think we're in good shape, but the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina is in some...

I think we're in good shape, but the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina is in some...

The world has become rapidly more competitive.

The world has become rapidly more competitive.

A mayor is a symbol and a public face of what a city bureaucracy provides...

A mayor is a symbol and a public face of what a city bureaucracy provides...

Especially during the first nine months, there was so much going on with trying to...

Especially during the first nine months, there was so much going on with trying to...

For me, the risks in terms of opening that brewpub were fairly high. I put...

For me, the risks in terms of opening that brewpub were fairly high. I put...

I would argue that one of the issues which the public should be much more...

I would argue that one of the issues which the public should be much more...

Of everyone else who was running, and there were some very talented people, none of...

Of everyone else who was running, and there were some very talented people, none of...

Oftentimes, when constituencies or sectors of opinion are distinct, when they are confronted with a...

Oftentimes, when constituencies or sectors of opinion are distinct, when they are confronted with a...