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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

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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Believe College School
I love the MLB app, because I’m a pretty obsessed baseball fan.
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Baseball Fans Mlb Obsessed
I have an activist’s desire to improve people’s lives.
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Activist Desire People
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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Impact Income People
If we can have a fast food restaurant on almost every corner, then we can certainly have a garden.
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Fast Food Garden Restaurant
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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Opportunity Real Years
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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Change Country Thinking
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.
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Office Progressive Running
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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Complicated Struggle Thinking World
At a certain point, particularly in his third term, Mayor Bloomberg lost touch with the people he was serving.
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Lost Mayors People
I believe there’s an emerging American majority for progressive economic change.
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Believe Majority Progressive
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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Country Opportunity Struggle
I haven’t smoked marijuana since I was at NYU.
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Havens Marijuana Since
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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Cities Foundation Thinking
We do not ask more of the wealthy to punish success. We do it to create more success stories.
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Asks Stories Success Wealthy
I’ve always had a very positive relationship with the municipal labor unions – a respectful relationship.
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Positive Relationship Respectful Unions

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