Bill de Blasio Quotes

• If we can have a fast food restaurant on almost every corner,
  then we can certainly have a garden.

  Bill de Blasio

  Garden, Fast Food, Restaurants

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• We are New Yorkers. Proud citizens of the greatest city on earth. Thinking big isn't new to us. It is the very foundation of who we are.

  Bill de Blasio

  Thinking, Cities, Foundation

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• I have an activist's desire to improve people's lives.

  Bill de Blasio

  People, Desire, Activist

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Everything you heard about me is true. . . . I am not a free marketer. . . . I believe in the heavy hand of government.

  Bill de Blasio

  Believe, Government, Hands

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• At a certain point, particularly in his third term, Mayor Bloomberg lost touch with the people he was serving.

  Bill de Blasio

  People, Lost, Mayors

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• There is nothing wrong with listening. You can listen to people; you can hear people's concerns. You can keep an open mind and still be perfectly strong.

  Bill de Blasio

  Strong, People, Listening

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I believe there's an emerging American majority for progressive economic change.

  Bill de Blasio

  Believe, Majority, Progressive

  "Bill de Blasio on the Crisis of Inequality and the Blind Spots of the Democratic Party". Interview with Eric Alterman, www.thenation.com. May 14, 2015.

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• We have come too far to go back, my friends.

  Bill de Blasio

  My Friends

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• While this has been a private part of my family's life, it is now clear a media story will soon emerge. My father tragically ended his life while battling terminal cancer in 1979.

  Bill de Blasio

  Father, Cancer, Media

  "Bill De Blasio Reveals His Father Committed Suicide During Fight With Terminal Cancer" By Michael McLaughlin, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 30, 2013.

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• I have a bold plan to break from the Bloomberg years, and end the 'Tale of Two Cities' by providing real opportunity to all New Yorkers, no matter where they live.

  Bill de Blasio

  Real, Opportunity, Years

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I am very much a Red Sox fan; I can name you more players than you could possibly imagine. It's just part of who I am.

  Bill de Blasio

  Player, Who I Am, Names

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I've always had a very positive relationship with the municipal labor unions - a respectful relationship.

  Bill de Blasio

  Unions, Positive Relationship, Respectful

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A holistic solution to income inequality is going to take a lot of work, but every time you prove that one of the strands is achievable and that it has a positive impact on people's lives you take another step towards proving the bigger theory of the case.

  Bill de Blasio

  Impact, People, Income

  "Bill de Blasio on the Crisis of Inequality and the Blind Spots of the Democratic Party". Interview with Eric Alterman, www.thenation.com. May 14, 2015.

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• I think like a lot of people in this country I want to see a vision. And, again, that would be true of candidates on all levels. It's time to see a clear, bold vision for progressive economic change.

  Bill de Blasio

  Change, Country, Thinking

  "Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd, www.nbcnews.com. April 12, 2015.

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• I haven't smoked marijuana since I was at NYU.

  Bill de Blasio

  Marijuana, Nyu, Havens

  "Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Fariña to Lift School Cell Phone Ban". www1.nyc.gov. January 7, 2015.

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• I think a lot of the best ideas come from the grassroots; I'm someone who does not like a bunker mentality and does not like groupthink.

  Bill de Blasio

  Thinking, Ideas, Doe

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think small business is struggling in New York City. It's a fantastic market, it's a very appealing market, there's lots of opportunity, at the same time it's a very difficult place to build a small business.

  Bill de Blasio

  New York, Struggle, Opportunity

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My parents were divorced when I was young. I was really brought up by my mother's side of the family.

  Bill de Blasio

  Mother, Parent, Sides

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I love the MLB app, because I'm a pretty obsessed baseball fan.

  Bill de Blasio

  Baseball, Mlb, Fans

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• NY is the city it is today in part because of the contributions from generations of artistic visionaries

  Bill de Blasio

  Cities, Generations, Visionaries

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• We do not ask more of the wealthy to punish success. We do it to create more success stories.

  Bill de Blasio

  Stories, Wealthy, Asks

  "NY mayor plans to address social inequity". "AM" with Michael Vincent, www.abc.net.au. January 2, 2014.

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• I didnt set out with the notion of running for elective office; it sort of grew over time. And I honestly at times questioned if progressive change can be effected through elected office.

  Bill de Blasio

  Running, Office, Progressive

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think Bloomberg's broad vision of the environment in New York City is something I agree with. I broadly stand with his vision for how to deal with climate change and prepare for future weather events.

  Bill de Blasio

  New York, Thinking, Cities

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My professional life has been about public service. My personal life I define very intently through my family.

  Bill de Blasio

  My Family, Public Service, Has Beens

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Going back to high school and college, I believed I would be involved in public service. I literally could not conceptualize anything else.

  Bill de Blasio

  School, College, Would Be

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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