Chirlane McCray famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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In the 1970s, I identified as a lesbian and wrote about it. In 1991, I met the love of my life, married him.
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Labels put people in boxes, and those boxes are shaped like coffins.
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When you look at the damage that many of the policies that Donald Trump has proposed can do to our citizens of the US - you can compare him to Major Storms Harvey, Irma, Maria. We're talking about life or death issues and about repealing the Affordable Care Act. There are lives at stake. Something that would affect millions and millions of people. I think it's totally appropriate. Obviously, it's a metaphor. It's not to be taken literally. But I mean that when I talk about the damage and the trauma that has been brought into our lives because of his presidency, that that's very real.
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My husband is the mayor. He has a lot of advisors. He has many advisors. Trust me. I'm not always the last one to state my opinion to him. And he does not always take my opinion. I think it's totally fair for any - in any couple, we just assume that people are speaking to their spouse. This is no different. In this day and age, I think we're going to see more couples like us. You know, couples who work together. I'm a volunteer, but I take this work very seriously and I want to help my husband in any way I can.
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I think that all women should consider running for office. What's happening now is just horrifying. With the people we have - with the person we have in the president's office, with so many of the people we have in Congress - we need more progressive women in office. At all levels. From city councils on up. We need women to run. I encourage women to run
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I'm married, I'm monogamous, but I'm not dead, and Bill isn't either.
-- Chirlane McCray
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When I love, I do it without counting. I give myself entirely. And each time, it is the grand love of my life.
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I think I would never be ready to do a regular job. I couldn’t go to the office every day at the same hour. I love my life. This freedom.
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I feel so lucky that I met the love of my life. You know somebody's in it to win it when...you're having a seizure and they're holding you...
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Between Italy and France, I have chosen Luca Marin, the love of my life.
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The great love of my life is music.
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I married an archeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me.
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I feel like getting married, or committing suicide, or subscribing to L'Illustration. Something desperate, you know.
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I did not want to leave the Mets and I did not want to leave New York.
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I've met Nicole Kidman, Elton John, loads of people.
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If you get murdered because you go on a date with someone you met on the Internet, you probably deserved it.
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