Ritchie Torres

Politician

1988-03-12

Quotes by Ritchie Torres

• Extroverts are energized by social interaction. I'm often exhausted by it. I am someone who needs personal time for deep thought and reflection.

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• With a multi-billion dollar market capitalization, crypto is here to stay. It's not going anywhere.

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• I want to break the stigma, the silence and shame that often surrounds mental illness.

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• New York City should and must embrace crypto if it is to remain the financial capital of the world. We no longer live in a world where our central place in finance can be taken for granted.

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• I am grateful for the tireless efforts of Hunger Free America and join them in calling to increase federal funding for anti-hunger programs.

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• I spent almost all my life in poverty, raised by a single mother who had to raise three children on minimum wage, which in the 1990s was $4.25 an hour. And I grew up in public housing, in conditions of mold and mildew, leaks and lead, without reliable heat and hot water in the winter.

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• Congress is a long game. It takes a long time to wield influence in Washington, D.C.

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