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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

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 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 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’ve always had a very positive relationship with the municipal labor unions – a respectful relationship.
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Positive Relationship Respectful Unions
I think unionization is good public policy. I think when families secure their economic future, that’s good for everyone.
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Economic Policy Thinking
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
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
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 an activist’s desire to improve people’s lives.
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Activist Desire 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
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
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
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
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
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
I believe there’s an emerging American majority for progressive economic change.
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Believe Majority Progressive

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