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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

I haven’t smoked marijuana since I was at NYU.
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Havens Marijuana Since
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’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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
I have an activist’s desire to improve people’s lives.
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Activist Desire People
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
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

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