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I couldn't be more proud of my work as a progressive.

Christine Quinn

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Christine Quinn
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: July 25
American Politician
Politician
Glen Cove
New York
Christine Callaghan Quinn
Proud
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I'm not about talking and finger-pointing and complaining I'm about getting things done.
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Consensus doesn't happen by magic... You have to drive to it.
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At the end of the day, somebody someday is going to say something about you. At least you can look back and say you lived the way you wanted to.
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I hope there is nothing about me that people have a big problem with. You know, I like to think of myself as lovable.
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I'm in a position where, if you have the ability, you should use it well. To get things done.
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If you don't like me, life goes on, you know what I mean? But I hope you do like me. Because I think that in addition to being pushy, I'm nice.
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At times, you need to be forceful to get things that are stuck unstuck.
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I just want people to know you can get through stuff. I hope people can see that in what my life has been and where it is going.
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I'm going to do whatever I have to do to help a New Yorker, whether it's a girl on the street or a tenant in a housing development.
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I really believe, when you come out of hiding, in whatever way you're hiding, you get to go out into the sunlight.
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I have a tendency toward being a micromanager.
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Chick-fil-A is not welcome in New York City as long as the company's president continues to uphold and promote his discriminatory views.
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The library of my elementary school had this great biography section, and I read all of these paperback biographies until they were dog-eared. The story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Madame Curie and Martin Luther King and George Washington Carver and on and on and on.
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People used to feel oddly empowered to tell me all the reasons I couldn't win. Because I was a woman. Because I was a lesbian. Because I was from the West Side of Manhattan.
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I want to be a better Chris Quinn. I don't want to be a different Chris Quinn.
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I'm just not gonna let up until I know I've done absolutely everything I can for New Yorkers.
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I think it's really important to realize that small businesses are often the portal for immigrants into the New York City economy.
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Don't keep your own schedule - that will eat too much of your time keeping your own schedule. And when you are tired, stop. Because if you are too tired, you become not productive, and you are wasting time.
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Being an activist is about getting things done. It's not about standing around shaking your fist in anger.
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