Top 33 Bill De Blasio Quotes
#1. 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.
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#2. Everything you heard about me is true ... I am not a free marketer ... I believe in the heavy hand of government.
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#3. At a certain point, particularly in his third term, Mayor Bloomberg lost touch with the people he was serving.
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#4. I have an activist's desire to improve people's lives.
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#5. 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.
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#6. 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.
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#7. 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.
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#9. I've always had a very positive relationship with the municipal labor unions - a respectful relationship.
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#10. We do not ask more of the wealthy to punish success; we do it to create more success stories.
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#11. 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.
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#12. I think you can be smart and directed and focused, without being obnoxious, and get plenty done.
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#13. I didn't 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.
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#14. 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.
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#15. There are a lot of different demands on the campaign trail, but what matters most is that you connect with voters and take the time to really hear their concerns.
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#16. I think unionization is good public policy. I think when families secure their economic future, that's good for everyone.
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#17. Clearly, Mayor Bloomberg did some things right. I think he did a very good job on public health. He did a very good job on environment. I think he was right to achieve mayoral control of education. I don't think he then applied it the right way.
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#18. I believe there's an emerging American majority for progressive economic change.
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#19. I'm someone who does not like a bunker mentality and does not like groupthink.
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#20. If we can have a fast food restaurant on almost every corner,
then we can certainly have a garden.
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#21. I have my loyalty to the team of my youth. Everyone I knew was a Red Sox fan. The team that I grew up with was constantly the underdog but managed to prevail.
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#22. Going back to high school and college, I believed I would be involved in public service. I literally could not conceptualize anything else.
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#23. 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.
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#25. My wife and family, to say the least, are the center of my life; they are my grounding. I don't want to sound schmaltzy, but they are my inspiration and you name it.
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#26. NY is the city it is today in part because of the contributions from generations of artistic visionaries
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#27. Everyone I knew was a Red Sox fan. Living up there in 1967 - the Impossible Dream season - that moment was incredibly compelling. I just naturally gravitated to the team. Nineteen seventy-five was arguably the greatest World Series of all time.
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#28. My parents were divorced when I was young. I was really brought up by my mother's side of the family.
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#29. 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.
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#30. 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.
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#31. My professional life has been about public service. My personal life I define very intently through my family.
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#32. I love the MLB app, because I'm a pretty obsessed baseball fan.
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#33. There are families of every kind. I think a lot of people are struggling to make sense of their identity in a very complicated world.
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