Chirlane McCray Quotes
I was a lifeguard, camp counselor, the president of the YMCA Leaders Corps. I also took piano lessons. I was a dancer.
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I shifted my career when I was 44 to quit the Washington beats. I had a great Washington beat, a series of them, and I quit to start my tech column, which was a different kind of tech column.
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I was the first businessman to say, 'You should give tax benefit to only small companies. You should say your profits are exempt to a limit of Rs. 50 crore or so, but beyond that, you should pay taxes.' I have been arguing with successive finance ministers on this.
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I'm more interested in the quality of the work than its medium.
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I'm just trying to say that it should reassure us that the inevitable traumas of being human do end up producing some good. Otherwise, the human condition is overwhelmingly depressing.
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Americans believe cotton is best, but we've invented new fabrics that will change your lifestyle.
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My father danced a lot. He was called 'the French Fred Astaire.'
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Philosophers' Syndrome: mistaking a failure of the imagination for an insight into necessity.
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Die Politik ist die Lehre vom Möglichen.
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It would be extraordinary if the BBC were to make me the first black 'Doctor Who;' it would be extraordinary.
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People are in such a hurry to launch their product or business that they seldom look at marketing from a bird's eye view and they don't create a systematic plan.
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I am reactive.
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I don't think I would run for president.
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I'm able to tell when I'm in a bad place or super-sad and move on. When you're stuck somewhere, you need to change something to shift the energy.
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If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats.
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Your art kind of changes as you get older, by nature of the fact that you're hopefully gaining wisdom and you're starting to watch things with a better overview.
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You should be a person inside the world with knowledge of your terrain. And if you lock yourself into the 2,000-by-3,000-square-mile, lower-48 box of the United States, you're going to be frustrated by its limitations. You gotta think outside the box.
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I want to tell you how much I miss my mother. Bits of her are still there. I miss her most when I'm sitting across from her.
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The U.S. cannot force Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds to make peace or to act for the common good. They have been in conflict for 1,400 years.
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It is bad enough to be condemned to drag around this image in which nature has imprisoned me. Why should I consent to the perpetuation of the image of this image?
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I have always appreciated those who dare to experiment with materials and proportions.
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You cannot change me; this is the way I am.
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I was a lifeguard, camp counselor, the president of the YMCA Leaders Corps. I also took piano lessons. I was a dancer.
