I think a lot of the best ...

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

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I'm someone who does not like a bunker mentality and does not like groupthink.
 Bill de Blasio
There is a heavy-ego, solitary model of being an elected leader. We've certainly seen that in some other mayors of this city... I have much more of a Movement mentality. It's much more of what I'm steeped in. I don't think it is first and foremost about me. It's about the ideas and the agenda.
 Bill de Blasio
My parents were divorced when I was young. I was really brought up by my mother's side of the family.
 Bill de Blasio
Everything you heard about me is true. . . . I am not a free marketer. . . . I believe in the heavy hand of government.
 Bill de Blasio