Chirlane McCray Quotes
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I have worked really hard on my game, but I think my mother has been a real pillar of strength. She has prayed a lot, sacrificed a lot for me. You know, she hasn't seen me bat so far. When I am batting, she is praying... mothers are like that, aren't they?
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The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
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What we do is nothing like the portrayal of badminton as a gentle game played in a church hall. Badminton can be fun and relaxing, but as professionals, this sport is our heart and soul and passion, and our games are fast and aggressive.
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Customers want new things, and the way that they get them isn't written in stone.
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What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.
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I like things simple.
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One of the most interesting aspects of the film project was collaborating with so many people - directors, filmmakers, and writers - over a five-year period. I learned that there are two components to this.
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There are lots of concerns facing English football but for me the major one is the way in which football clubs are run by owners, whether they are growing organically and sustainably and how that is being policed by the football authorities.
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People who really try to be conscious of what they have done, who take responsibility, to me these kinds of people are heroes.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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In everyday life, I like APC, Isabel Marant, but I also like Zara. It depends how I'm feeling on the day. I like clothes that have a certain strength to them - simple but graphic.
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I have a little dictaphone and if a sound takes my fancy or if a lyric comes to me in the middle of the night I'll just record it there and then.
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I have spent a lot of time in the art world, and I guess I do listen to how people speak. I'm interested in what they say and how they say it.
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And there is a beautiful thing which is wonderful, to look like a woman, not a green bean.
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I prefer recording drums in the analog format, but that does not mean I would only do it that way.
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I'd love to do well on a big weekend with people watching and cheering, of course. But it's not fair to create an expectation level before I know what is realistic. I want to finish as well as possible. Is that top 20? Top 15? Top 25? You just have to play it by ear.
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I feel that everyone who wants to say anything, do anything, should be able to say anything or do anything, within the limits of not hurting another person.
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I don't want to participate in traditional Indian religious ceremonies - dance in a sun dance or pray in a sweat lodge or go on a vision quest with the help of a medicine man. The power of these ceremonies has an appeal, but I'm content with what little religion I already have.
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I only want to do what I really want to do; otherwise, I'm content to sit here and play my guitar all day.
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It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode.
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We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else is going to do it.
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And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?
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(talking about his children) I'm interested in avoiding two types of behaviour: one is the sense of guilt and the other is a sense of entitlement. If these two are avoided, then the rest is up to them.
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'Bad mother' is probably the worst thing you can say to any woman who has children.
