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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

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
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
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
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.
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Grassroots Ideas Thinking
I’ve always had a very positive relationship with the municipal labor unions – a respectful relationship.
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Positive Relationship Respectful Unions
My professional life has been about public service. My personal life I define very intently through my family.
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Family Profession Public Service
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 haven’t smoked marijuana since I was at NYU.
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Havens Marijuana Since
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 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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Imagine Player Possible
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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Family Mother Parent Side
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
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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Listening People Strong
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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Cancer Father Media
I love the MLB app, because I’m a pretty obsessed baseball fan.
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Baseball Fans Mlb Obsessed

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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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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