Sentences with phrase «crowd as a public speaker»

Whilst attributing many articles, the most notable The Superinvestors of Graham - and - Doddsville, Buffet also can command a crowd as a public speaker with his easy, down to earth and very humorous personality, especially at the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting where he draws in crowds of up to 20,000 including many foreigners willing to travel to hear him.

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And yet, by the time he threw himself into the crowded field of candidates running for mayor of New York in 2013, he had spent more than a decade honing his political skills, serving two terms on the City Council and one as public advocate, and he managed to outmaneuver higher - profile opponents like Christine Quinn, the New York City Council speaker (and Mayor Bloomberg's all - but - anointed successor).

«Mayor de Blasio, Public Advocate Tish James, Comptroller Scott Stringer and now myself as the City Council speaker all are affirming and are an example of what the electorate has said they want, which is a new direction in the way that the City of New York in lead,» she told the crowd.