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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

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
I love the MLB app, because I’m a pretty obsessed baseball fan.
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Baseball Fans Mlb Obsessed
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
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
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
NY is the city it is today in part because of the contributions from generations of artistic visionaries
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Cities Generations Visionaries
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 have an activist’s desire to improve people’s lives.
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Activist Desire People
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
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 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 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
I believe there’s an emerging American majority for progressive economic change.
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Believe Majority Progressive
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 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 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

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