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Some of us claim that New York City is the capital of the country, indeed the capital of the world. Now, that may be a bit much for those who don't come from New York, but clearly we are an important city for reasons of our cultural advantages. ↗

— David Dinkins

#bit #capital #city #claim #clearly

I work twice as hard as everybody else. ↗

— Yohan Blake

#everybody #everybody else #hard #i #twice

In 1975 I was among a group of blacks who formed the Black Americans in Support of Israel Committee. ↗

— David Dinkins

#black #black americans #blacks #committee #formed

For me, family always comes first; I would do anything to protect them. ↗

— Mark Wahlberg

#anything #comes #family #first #i

The weak in courage is strong in cunning. ↗

— William Blake

#cunning #strong #weak

So it's a mistake for someone to think that they bailed New York out. They did assist us, for which we are grateful, but it's a mistake to say we bailed New York out by giving them a grant of money to help those poor people who throw it away on welfare. ↗

— David Dinkins

#away #bailed #did #giving #grant

We borrowed money, it helped us with bonds and what not, and the Federal Government backed it, but it was a guarantee, it was not a grant. And we not only paid it off, but we paid it off ahead of time. ↗

— David Dinkins

#backed #bonds #borrowed #federal #federal government

Well, I was about six or seven, and my mother and father separated. ↗

— David Dinkins

#father #i #mother #separated #seven

Well, I'm not sure, but of one thing I am certain: History judges one differently than contemporary observers, and so I think that as time passes, I hope that not me personally so much, but our administration will be seen for some of the things that we accomplished. ↗

— David Dinkins

#administration #am #certain #contemporary #differently

Music, Rock and Roll music especially, is such a generational thing. Each generation must have their own music, I had my own in my generation, you have yours, everyone I know has their own generation. ↗

— Ronnie James Dio

#especially #everyone #generation #generational #had