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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The modern era of continuity planning began under President Ronald Reagan.
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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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The coolest thing about the series is that we stay very true to the books; it would be silly for us not to, because the books are exactly what the fans want to see. There's an action side to it, which I love, and there are werewolves now. There aren't just vampires. There's a wolf pack.
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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 have suffered from depression for most of my life. It is an illness.
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It's a grand thing to be able to take your money in your hand and to think no more of it when it slips away from you than you would a trout that would slip back into the stream.
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There is no magical solution because urban traffic congestion arises from the fact that a lot of people want to be in the same place at the same time often.
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A lot of times, you think you want something, and then you find something completely different.
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I come from a long line of people that write. My folks ran a weekly newspaper.
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'Bad mother' is probably the worst thing you can say to any woman who has children.
