CeCe McDonald Quotes
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When I was on 'Trauma,' the first order was six, which turned to 12, and then there were rumors of getting cancelled. I'm used to that.
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All of my friends, I consider childhood friends because we met when I was probably 13, and I'm still friends with them today. It's really nice that I have that core group.
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If you want to do stuff, you have to be able to handle controversy.
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I don't like going to the gym because I don't like being with people I don't know in that intense environment.
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It's like everybody is shooting something, and everybody's a filmmaker; everybody can shoot a cat video and post it. So the big thing now is - for people that have talent and have something to say, and are creative, and are capable of making something good - is how do they get attention to it?
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To try to fix the future is a manifest absurdity.
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A mom can't afford to be sick.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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I no longer limit myself.
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I'm not a professional politician, I'm a problem solver.
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I've sort of been an anthropologist of modern America, in a non-academic way. Whether it's Marines or Tupperware salesladies, high end audiophiles or bike couriers, I'm fascinated by the hallmarks of the American tribe.
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However, I should perhaps add that during the 20 years I have been back in Cambridge, I have been actively involved in the teaching of undergraduates, as well as of course supervising research students.
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My first languages are German and Spanish because I was brought up by a Spanish mother and a German father, so I always spoke both languages at home. I'm very thankful that I was brought up in a bilingual house.
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I had never really felt settled in Brooklyn. I think it had to do with growing up in New Jersey and being someone who her whole life wanted to live in the city, and the city meant Manhattan.
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I don't wanna be preached to. Unless it's in a beautiful voice, I don't want that.
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My parents instilled in me a sense of self that I was more than just a diagnosis or a condition.
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No, I try not to be a negative thinker.
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I think I am a pretty good sister.
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If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights once and for all. (September 5, 1995)
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I have those days where I'm PMSing and bloated.
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The soldier's body becomes a stock of accessories that are not his property.
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I felt like they wanted me to hate myself as a trans woman