Gavin Newsom Quotes
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San Francisco lags behind other communities in providing a vital, vibrant and ecologically sustainable urban canopy, as well as open space in the city.
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Separate is not equal. Civil unions are civil unions. Marriage is marriage. They're different institutions.
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We are not going to turn our backs on people who have been persecuted, turn our backs on people who have been threatened by terror.
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The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.
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The whole idea that the Constitution of the United States would be used to advance a political agenda is absurd.
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If we continue to fight the National Rifle Association on their home court, which is the legislative front, I think we'll continue to be frustrated. But when you have an ability to go directly to the public, that's a completely different field of engagement, and I think the NRA is not adept at that kind of engagement.
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Cultural tourism surveys consistently rate San Francisco's art industry as a core reason for visiting.
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I just butcher a book. Everything I underline I assume is important to me.
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You don't have to be something to do something.
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Government can do best by simply getting out of the way.
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These Millennials are volunteering more; they're smarter than ever.
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If you're trying to understand why it is that certain things happen in Sacramento and certain things don't, at the end of the day, it comes down to the issue of incentives: We do what we're incentivized to do.
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Prop 8 did something that no other state in the history of this country has done. It took away the rights of people that already were legally affirmed. Imagine someone putting something on the ballot saying your wedding, your marriage is no longer valid.
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Involvement in the arts engages kids in their community, improves self-esteem, reclaims at-risk youth, and builds the creative skills that are required of a 21st century workforce.
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You've got to change incentives for good behavior as opposed to just disincentivizing bad behavior.
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The arts can play a vital role in revitalizing neighborhoods, using and improving vacant space, bringing new jobs and new sense of opportunity, and improving public safety by generating more foot traffic and more eyes on the street.
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People always thought I'd never get elected outside San Francisco; I was always more worried that I'd never get elected again inside San Francisco.
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Street and park trees provide tremendous benefits to cities.
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I'll be kicked out before I rust out.
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There is nothing worse than a politician that gets defensive and starts attacking the media - and it always looks bad for the politician, because you sign up for this. You live by the sword, you die by the sword.
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The question for politicians here is fundamental: You can read the polls, or you can change the polls. Stand up on the things you believe in.
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You need to let go of your fear and anxiety of being judged by others.
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The kind of cynical politics of divide and conquer, that's shameful stuff, and I don't know - people live their life like that, but I don't know how they look back and feel good about themselves.
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My daughter's met Hillary Clinton, so she's got a strong bias. But she, of course, parrots me and goes, 'Oh, Donald Trump, I don't like him!' I'm like, 'That's good!'