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Chirlane McCray Quotes

Government is not just about maintaining the status quo. It's about helping people's lives to work.

Chirlane McCray

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: November 29, 1954

Topics

Work Government People Status Quo

Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent.

Yourself Game Name Opponent Destroy

You walk through a series of arches, so to speak, and then, presently, at the end of a corridor, a door opens and you see backward through time, and you feel the flow of time, and realize you are only part of a great nameless procession.

Great Time Walk Door Speak End

Don't you know by now, luck don't lead to anything or why you keep on moving.

Luck Moving You Know Now Why

My first big gig was an opening show for Frank Zappa, and I think that was difficult.

Think Difficult First Opening Big

I had this almost Dickensian look. I was quite fragile.

Look Fragile Almost Quite Had

Since 9/11, the U.S.A. Patriot Act has torn down the invisible wall that was perceived as preventing the FBI and CIA from sharing information.

Information Down Wall Sharing Act

My cousin owns restaurants, and I used to work in his restaurants with his chef. I've always liked food, and I've always been interested in cooking and stuff like that.

Luke Pasqualino

Work Food Cooking Chef Always Used

I wasn't going to get such a nice car - I was going to get a cute little hybrid or something, keep the trees happy - but then my grandfather died, and it was all: retail therapy!

Car Cute Happy Trees Nice Therapy

I think that if I had grown up and had been in show business and the movies twenty five, thirty years earlier, I think I would have made a lot more musical movies.

Christopher Walken

Business Think Movies Thirty More

When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea.

Constance Baker Motley

Good Lawyer Thought Good Idea Idea

Assuming the chairmanship of ASEAN isn't going to do anything about improving the lives of people.

Aung San Suu Kyi

People Improving Anything Going

I have known lots of adults who enjoyed similar enthusiasms as a kid and weren't encouraged and then didn't go anywhere with it and so they're unhappy in their jobs as adults.

Unhappy Go Kid Anywhere Who Enjoyed

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