Chirlane McCray Quotes

I like to go to the subway and hear what people are thinking and feeling and what their concerns are. You learn so much that way. You really do.

Chirlane McCray

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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.

  

  A. Philip Randolph
  • World
  • Think
  • Eye

• I love to cook. I could never give that up.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • Up
  • Love
  • Never

• I can't conceive of cooking in a sunny place like Florida because my motivation comes from the changing seasons. That's why I decided to live in New York.

  

  Daniel Boulud
  • Live
  • Why
  • Cooking

• People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.

  

  Karen Allen
  • People
  • Movie
  • Man

• The problem men seem to have, and women, too, is that they have this very structured idea that we should find a partner and settle down and be, you know, faithful. And yet clearly this is really, really hard for anybody to do!

  

  Felicity Kendal
  • Men
  • Women
  • Problem

• More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.

  

  Barbara Jordan
  • People
  • Future
  • Vision

• I love Tig Notaro; I just think she's so awesome.

  

  Kate Flannery
  • Love
  • Think
  • Awesome

• Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Nature
  • Law
  • First

• The beauty of a Moroccan riad is undeniable, but even the most die-hard fan may find herself growing a little weary of what can come to feel like a one-size-fits-all aesthetic: tilework, white Berber rugs, woolen tribal throw pillows in reds and ochers, cut-metal lanterns.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
  • May
  • Growing
  • Die

• We've become slaves to words like 'local,' 'fresh,' and 'seasonal.' We all want to be Thomas Jefferson's agrarian hero, but sustainable food is a difficult beast.

  

  Barton Seaver
  • Words
  • Food
  • Hero

• There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty.

  

  Indira Gandhi
  • May
  • War
  • Attention

• I once went on the most grueling radio tour. Living in hotel rooms, sleeping in the backs of rental cars as my mom drove to three different cities in one day.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Different
  • Day
  • Mom

• I had throat surgery. We had to check that out and make sure it wasn't cancerous. I had a polyp on my vocal cord, so I had that taken out.

  

  Zakk Wylde Black Label Society
  • Taken
  • Make
  • Sure

• As a kid I loved John McEnroe. They called me Mac because, while everyone else liked Borg, I was crazy about McEnroe. I tried wearing headbands and sweatbands, and whooping at people. It didn't quite work.

  

  Sachin Tendulkar
  • People
  • Work
  • Crazy

• It's really hard to get a coffee with someone. I have to call my agent, my agent calls their agent, their agent calls their manager, the manager calls back, the actor sends someone to the manager... then you get, 'Yeah, yeah, I'd love to have dinner at six,' and all I wanted was coffee! It can take, like, six days to get coffee.

  

  Daniel Espinosa
  • Actor
  • Hard
  • Coffee

• If you're black, if you're gay, if you're Latin - we're all the same. We're all the same, and we all want the same: We want to be happy.

  

  Kate del Castillo
  • Happy
  • Black
  • Gay

• We never have business meals at El Bulli. If it's about business, you're probably not paying much attention to the food.

  

  Ferran Adria
  • Business
  • Food
  • Attention

• I feel like I'll never get over red carpets. They're so bizarre and awkward.

  

  Adam Driver
  • Never
  • Red
  • Awkward

• If you watch home videos, at 4 years old, I was doing nothing but being the entertainer. Singing 'Boot Scootin' Boogie' in the living room. Then, I guess, just by the grace of God I started writing songs, and somebody happened to like them.

  

  Thomas Rhett
  • God
  • Writing
  • Home

• By the time we see that climate change is really bad, your ability to fix it is extremely limited... The carbon gets up there, but the heating effect is delayed. And then the effect of that heat on the species and ecosystem is delayed. That means that even when you turn virtuous, things are actually going to get worse for quite a while.

  

  Bill Gates
  • Time
  • Effect
  • Climate Change

• You may be right that people say: 'You know what, we had Obama. He was inexperienced. The guy had great rhetoric, sounded good, looked good, but has turned out to be an utter disaster. I want someone where I have confidence and credibility that they're up to the job and that I can trust what they tell me.'

  

  Karl Rove
  • People
  • Up
  • Good

• Very nice sort of place, Oxford, I should think, for people that like that sort of place. They teach you to be a gentleman there. In the polytechnic they teach you to be an engineer or such like. See?

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • People
  • Place
  • Sort

• I love all food. All of it. I wish I could be a professional eater.

  

  Lauren Gibbs
  • Food
  • Wish
  • Professional

• I like to go to the subway and hear what people are thinking and feeling and what their concerns are. You learn so much that way. You really do.

  

  Chirlane McCray
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Feeling