Gavin Newsom Quotes

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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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  Art, Self Esteem, Kids

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• An arts education helps build academic skills and increase academic performance, while also providing alternative opportunities to reward the skills of children who learn differently.

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  Art, Children, Opportunity

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• This door's wide-open now. It's going to happen whether you like it or not.

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  Doors, You Like It, Happens

  "Prop. 8 Reignites Calif. Same-Sex Marriage Battle". "NPR News" with Karen Grigsby Bates, www.npr.org. October 11, 2008.

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• Failure isn't something to be embarrassed about; it's just proof that you're pushing your limits, trying new things, daring to innovate.

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  Thought Provoking, Trying, Limits

  Twitter post from Jul 07, 2016

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• Be willing to make bold decisions and be willing to make glorious mistakes. Learn from your mistakes, but you've got to be willing to make them first.

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  Mistake, Decision, Firsts

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• If you distill the essence of everything, what life is about, every single one of us is given a short moment in time on this planet, and we all have one universal need and desire, and that is to be loved and to love.

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  Essence, Desire, Needs

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Like any small business owner, I experienced the pressures of building a company from the ground up - developing a business plan, balancing the books, meeting payroll and building a customer base

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  Book, Pressure, Small Business

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• Livable neighborhoods with a vibrant street life will stimulate our economic life as well.

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  Economic, Neighborhood, Wells

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• As Mayor, I will lead city government, businesses, and community groups to support innovative projects that will make San Francisco streets and public places vibrant and healthy

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  San Francisco, Government, Cities

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• San Franciscans know we live in the most beautiful city in the world, a jewel on the edge of the Golden Gate

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  Beautiful, Cities In The World, Jewels

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• The arts give us our identity as a community; they also draw new people, fresh visions, and renewable economic opportunity to our community.

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  Art, Opportunity, People

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• While I am humbled by the widespread encouragement of so many and hold in the highest esteem those who serve us in federal office, I know that my head and my heart, my young family's future, and our unfinished work all remain firmly in the State of California - not Washington D.C. Therefore I will not seek election to the U.S. Senate in 2016.

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  Encouragement, Heart, Unfinished Work

  "With Kamala Harris in for Senate bid, Tom Steyer edges closer to a run" by Maeve Reston, www.cnn.com. January 13, 2015.

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• Street and park trees provide tremendous benefits to cities.

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  Cities, Tree, Benefits

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• The 21st Century has begun as an era of uncertainty, with a heightened focus on security and public safety.

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  Safety, Focus, Eras

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• San Francisco businesses face many challenges, including high rents, regulatory burdens, and the rising cost of workers compensation insurance and employee health plans

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  San Francisco, Challenges, Cost

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• San Francisco has long been a leader in the arts, nurturing generations of painters, sculptors, poets, novelists, playwrights, film-makers, and performing artists and innovators of every kind.

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  Art, San Francisco, Long

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• Accessing capital to start a business can be a daunting process, especially for entrepreneurs who start out with a great idea, but have no real familiarity with the business world

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  Business, Real, Ideas

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• This president Barack Obama has done more for the LGBT community than any president in history. It's just an objective fact. And his legacy is secure in terms of the advancement of the rights of the LGBT community, from 'Don't Ask', 'Don't Tell' to his support for overturning the Defense of Marriage Act, and of course marriage equality, work on HIV and AIDS, and other things.

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  Rights, Lgbt Community, Support

  "Sweet Vindication for Gavin Newsom, Who Staked His Career on Same-Sex Marriage". Interview with Josh Harkinson, www.motherjones.com. June 27, 2015.

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• But living in uncertain times does not mean San Franciscans must live in fear

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  Mean, Doe, Uncertain Times

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• As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive

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  San Francisco, Use, Small Business

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• As Mayor, I will fully support my Arts Commission and its professional selection committees so that they can commission a full range of public art that is daring and, when appropriate, daringly traditional

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  Art, Support, Range

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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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  Art, Jobs, Eye

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• San Francisco can no longer afford to be a city divided between downtown and neighborhoods, with a downtown that becomes a ghost town when workers go home for the evening

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  Home, Cities, San Francisco

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• We recognize that the arts are an essential part of San Francisco's cultural vitality.

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  Art, Aquariums, San Francisco

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• Historically, San Franciscans have not valued street trees as much as other communities have

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  Community, Tree, Streets

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