Bill de Blasio

I didn't go to the Bob Marley and the Wailers show twice in my life, and I've regretted it every day since. ”

I, thank God, don't engage in punditry anymore. That part of my life is behind me. ”

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 they are my inspiration and you name it. ”

We need an inspiring vision of equality that resonates in the hearts, minds, and souls of all Americans. ”

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. ”

I have an activist's desire to improve people's lives. ”

I've spent my life at public work, and I've spent many a day on a good cause that didn't have any lift, didn't have enough support, didn't have enough resources, and you could only get so far. ”

I have my loyalty to the team of my youth. Everyone I knew was a Red Sox fan. The team that I grew up with was constantly the underdog but managed to prevail. ”

My parents were divorced when I was young. I was really brought up by my mother's side of the 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. ”