Christine Quinn Quotes

• People used to feel oddly empowered to tell me all the reasons I couldn't win. Because I was a woman. Because I was a lesbian. Because I was from the West Side of Manhattan.

  Christine Quinn

  Winning, People, Manhattan

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• I'm an aggressive woman who gets things done, and that's the way it is, and I've never been embarrassed about the fact that I am pushy.

  Christine Quinn

  Done, Way, Facts

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• Consensus doesn't happen by magic... You have to drive to it.

  Christine Quinn

  Magic, Consensus, Happens

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• The best thing to know is what you don't know.

  Christine Quinn

  Best Things, Knows

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• We all think people deserve second chances. None of us are perfect.

  Christine Quinn

  Thinking, Second Chance, People

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• I'm not about talking and finger-pointing and complaining; I'm about getting things done.

  Christine Quinn

  Talking, Complaining, Done

  "Christine Quinn formally announces bid to be New York's first female mayor" by Matt Williams, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2013.

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• It would be thrilling, obviously, to be able to have a woman and an openly LGBT person as the mayor of New York City.

  Christine Quinn

  New York, Cities, Able

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• I just want people to know you can get through stuff. I hope people can see that in what my life has been and where it is going.

  Christine Quinn

  People, Want, Stuff

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• I really believe, when you come out of hiding, in whatever way you're hiding, you get to go out into the sunlight.

  Christine Quinn

  Believe, Way, Hiding

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• I think it's really important to realize that small businesses are often the portal for immigrants into the New York City economy.

  Christine Quinn

  New York, Thinking, Cities

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• I want to be a better Chris Quinn. I don't want to be a different Chris Quinn.

  Christine Quinn

  Different, Want, Quinn

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• Cliven Bundy is breaking the law. He's breaking the law and he wants all of us to pay for his cattle while he's ranting about people who are part of social welfare programs.

  Christine Quinn

  Law, Welfare Programs, People

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• I have always said I've had a big personality, and I've always said I'm a pushy broad, and I've always said I want to get things done.

  Christine Quinn

  Personality, Done, Want

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• I have a tendency toward being a micromanager. Which, the bigger the project you're involved in, the harder that becomes.

  Christine Quinn

  Projects, Tendencies, Bigger

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• I have a tendency toward being a micromanager.

  Christine Quinn

  Tendencies

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• I couldn't describe how little interest I have in men. Or I could - but I don't think that it would be appropriate.

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  Men, Thinking, Would Be

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• I couldn't be more proud of my work as a progressive.

  Christine Quinn

  Proud, Progressive

  "Christine Quinn, Gay NYC Mayoral Candidate, Says LGBT Community Is Behind Her" by Michelangelo Signorile, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 15, 2013.

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• For better or worse, when you're running for mayor, there's a little bit of a spotlight on you.

  Christine Quinn

  Running, Spotlight, Littles

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• Chick-fil-A is not welcome in New York City as long as the company's president continues to uphold and promote his discriminatory views.

  Christine Quinn

  New York, Views, Cities

  "Quinn: Kick Chick out" by Candice M. Giove, nypost.com. July 29, 2012.

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• Being an activist is about getting things done. It's not about standing around shaking your fist in anger.

  Christine Quinn

  Done, Fists, Activist

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• The library of my elementary school had this great biography section, and I read all of these paperback biographies until they were dog-eared. The story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Madame Curie and Martin Luther King and George Washington Carver and on and on and on.

  Christine Quinn

  Dog, Kings, School

  "Leave a Place Setting for Ann". Interview with Philip Galanes, www.nytimes.com. May 9, 2013.

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• All I wanted was to be involved in politics and government.

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  Government, Wanted, Involved

  "Leave a Place Setting for Ann". Interview with Philip Galanes, www.nytimes.com. May 9, 2013.

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• Don't keep your own schedule - that will eat too much of your time keeping your own schedule. And when you are tired, stop. Because if you are too tired, you become not productive, and you are wasting time.

  Christine Quinn

  Tired, Time Keeping, Schedules

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• I hope there is nothing about me that people have a big problem with. You know, I like to think of myself as lovable.

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  Thinking, People, Problem

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• When you stand up there and do a press conference, it's a very preoccupied moment. You're standing in front of cameras; people are watching you; it's not so easy to be at ease.

  Christine Quinn

  People, Cameras, Ease

  "Leave a Place Setting for Ann". Interview with Philip Galanes, www.nytimes.com. May 9, 2013.

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