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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.
Christine Quinn
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Christine Quinn
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: July 25
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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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I'm an aggressive woman who gets things done, and that's the way it is, and I've never been embarrassed about the fact that I am pushy.
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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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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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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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I couldn't be more proud of my work as a progressive.
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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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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 couldn't describe how little interest I have in men. Or I could - but I don't think that it would be appropriate.
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Consensus doesn't happen by magic... You have to drive to it.
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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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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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At times, you need to be forceful to get things that are stuck unstuck.
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I'm not about talking and finger-pointing and complaining I'm about getting things done.
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Anybody that I can work with that will help improve the lives of New Yorkers, I will work with that person.
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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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