Bill de Blasio Quotes

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• Everything you heard about me is true. . . . I am not a free marketer. . . . I believe in the heavy hand…
• 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…
• I have an activist's desire to improve people's lives.
• I think unionization is good public policy. I think when families secure their economic future, that's good for everyone.
• At a certain point, particularly in his third term, Mayor Bloomberg lost touch with the people he was serving.
• Going back to high school and college, I believed I would be involved in public service. I literally could not conceptualize anything else.
• 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…
• I've always had a very positive relationship with the municipal labor unions - a respectful relationship.
• My professional life has been about public service. My personal life I define very intently through my family.
• 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.
• 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…
• I think Bloomberg's broad vision of the environment in New York City is something I agree with. I broadly stand with his vision for how…
• 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…
• My wife and family, to say the least, are the center of my life; they are my grounding. I don't want to sound schmaltzy, but…
• 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…
• 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…
• I love the MLB app, because I'm a pretty obsessed baseball fan.
• My parents were divorced when I was young. I was really brought up by my mother's side of the family.
• I haven't smoked marijuana since I was at NYU,
• We do not ask more of the wealthy to punish success; we do it to create more success stories.

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