I am very much a Red Sox fan; I can name you more players than you could possibly imagine. It's just part of who I am.

There is nothing wrong with listening. You can listen to people; you can hear people's concerns. You can keep an open mind and still be perfectly strong.

At a certain point, particularly in his third term, Mayor Bloomberg lost touch with the people he was serving.

I have an activist's desire to improve people's lives.

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.

There are families of every kind. I think a lot of people are struggling to make sense of their identity in a very complicated world.

We do not ask more of the wealthy to punish success. We do it to create more success stories.