Chirlane McCray Quotes
I am more than just a label. Why are people so driven to labeling where we fall on the sexual spectrum?
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A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts.
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The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them.
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I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go.
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When you're told to go brief a United States senator on a covert operation, you go do it. And you trust the information isn't going to leak.
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I'm more a fan of my fans than I think they are of me!
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I was about five years old when I was eating soup in our kitchen, and as I was lifting the spoon towards my mouth, it bent and broke in half.
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Compromise, contrary to popular opinion, does not mean selling out one's principles. Compromise means working out differences to forge a solution which fits the diversity of the body politic.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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It's a very Southern thing to be interested in dark stuff.
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What had disappointed me at the time of the last tour, was to go on a worldwide tour, we were at some incredible places and we couldn't enjoy it, hadn't the time.
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When you make as many speeches and you talk as much as I do and you get away from the text, it's always a possibility to get a few words tangled here and there.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.
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I remember, as a kid, I'd follow the rooster and the chickens and watch what type of grass they'd eat. And me and my friends would eat that grass, like that was our lunch.
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Back in May of 2008, the Kindle was still quite new, and we focused on that.
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'Smallville' is like a Domino's pizza. While you're eating, you're thinking, 'This is good, and it reminds me of pizza, but there's not enough flavor in each bite.' That's the feeling you have the entire time with 'Smallville' - that it's just about to be good, but it never is.
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In any creative field-any creative field-you must first understand that you have no value whatsoever. Your work has no value whatsoever. You are completely worthless. Whatever potential you have is just that-potential-and when you are discussing self-publishing a comic book, you have about the same chance of success as 10 thousand others. (p. 21)
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You know, I have seven children, so I guess I know some things about life.
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China's government is so strong on investment, so strong on exporting, but they're too weak on domestic consumption.
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Well, visual language is another boring discussion about the nature of film.
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Think globally, act locally.
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I am more than just a label. Why are people so driven to labeling where we fall on the sexual spectrum?
