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Failure isn't something to be embarassed about; it's just proof that you're pushing your limits, trying new things, daring to innovate.Gavin Newsom
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We've got to simplify, pull back all these layers of supposed complexity , and get down to the essentials. If we want people to engage with government, we should use the same tools that are getting them engages with companies and institutions in private life. If we want people to care about political issues, we should give them a way to understand and get involved in them.Gavin Newsom
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The jobs in the greatest demand in the future don't yet exist and will require workers to use technologies that have not yet been invented to solve problems that we don't yet even know are problems.Gavin Newsom
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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.Gavin Newsom
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The Republican Party - that was the end of the Republican Party. What Pete Wilson did with the xenophobia and the negative attitude, all this sort of anti-crime backlash.Gavin Newsom
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Californians are blessed with the remarkable leadership of Gov. Jerry Brown, who... has led our state to firm fiscal footing and brought us to the enviable position of dreaming - and achieving - big dreams again.Gavin Newsom
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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.Gavin Newsom
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A mistake that a lot of us have made, related to those who advocate for gun safety legislation, is that we try to process it through our legislative bodies, and that's where the NRA's strength lies.Gavin Newsom
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Separate inherently is not equal. There's a reason why $45 million was spent against marriage equality. It's because people understand the word does have meaning. And equality comes when we accept the same notions and the same institutions for everyone, regardless of race and gender and regardless of sex orientation.Gavin Newsom
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Just because you have a learning difficulty or difference doesn't mean you aren't smart.Gavin Newsom
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You need to let go of your fear and anxiety of being judged by others.Gavin Newsom
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I think Thanksgiving is the perfect occasion to break open a buttery, oaky Chardonnay from California.Gavin Newsom
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California is a bellwether state. California was the first state in the United States to overturn the laws against interracial marriage. It took 19 years for the rest of the country to come around to that point of view.Gavin Newsom
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Separate is not equal. Civil unions are civil unions. Marriage is marriage. They're different institutions.Gavin Newsom
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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.Gavin Newsom
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If you're not open, you're not transparent, you're still holding on to vaults of information, you're not going to build that trust.Gavin Newsom
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People don't care anymore because they don't believe in us; they don't trust us. And that's why we should change politics, not just accept the cynical frame that, 'Well, that's just politics.'Gavin Newsom
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If Wikileaks didn't resolve that question for folks - at the end of the day, there are no secrets. We're living in a glass neighborhood, in a fishbowl, and technology, white hat hackers, the folks that are doing the right thing with hacking.Gavin Newsom
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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.Gavin Newsom
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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.Gavin Newsom
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The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.Gavin Newsom
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You've got to change incentives for good behavior as opposed to just disincentivizing bad behavior.Gavin Newsom