Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" I came out at 17. "
Chirlane McCray
I Came
Out
Came
Related Quotes:
" My life was very compartmentalized. I went to a school that was all white, and then I went home and to my black family. "
Chirlane McCray
Life
My Life
School
" A very tiny percentage of people with mental illness are also violent. We know this. The constant linking of the two together in national media is so misleading. "
Chirlane McCray
Tiny
Together
Two
" Black women do not have as many positive images in the media as we should. "
Chirlane McCray
Media
Positive
Black
" Labels put people in boxes, and those boxes are shaped like coffins. "
Chirlane McCray
Labels
Put
Boxes
" I was a lifeguard, camp counselor, the president of the YMCA Leaders Corps. I also took piano lessons. I was a dancer. "
Chirlane McCray
Piano
President
Leaders
" When you become first lady, it's like, 'O.K., now what do you do?' "
Chirlane McCray
Lady
First
Become
" I am more than just a label. Why are people so driven to labeling where we fall on the sexual spectrum? "
Chirlane McCray
Driven
Fall
I Am
" I had never had a deep sense of belonging anywhere. I always felt I was an outsider. "
Chirlane McCray
Never
Belonging
Outsider
" It took a long time for me to get into 'I'm taking care of kids,' and what that means. "
Chirlane McCray
Long
Long Time
Time
" Pay equity matters because those dollars add up over time. "
Chirlane McCray
Up
Pay
Over
" I like to go to the subway and hear what people are thinking and feeling and what their concerns are. You learn so much that way. You really do. "
Chirlane McCray
Feeling
You
Thinking
" You can be chased home or hit or called names or spit on, and it's over. You have the memory of it, but it's very different from the emotional and psychological experience of feeling invisible, of not learning the confidence to stand up in class and speak. "
Chirlane McCray
Learning
Home
Experience
" I'm a woman and a person of color; I know what it's like out there in the workplace. "
Chirlane McCray
Person
Color
Know
" Symbols are important. It depends on how they're used. "
Chirlane McCray
Depends
How
Important
" It's tough to be a mother. At any age. It's tough. It's a lot of work. "
Chirlane McCray
Work
Any
Lot
" I'd like to be out in the city every day, listening to what people are saying and asking about what they need. I'd like to inspire others by doing as much as I can to help people who are trying to make a better life for themselves and others. "
Chirlane McCray
People
Day
City
" It's really hard to get enough sleep, so I try to end my days by 9 P.M. so my husband and I have time to watch TV, chat, and then I like to read for at least half an hour before bed, but we have a lot of events, and there are places to go and people to talk to. "
Chirlane McCray
Sleep
People
Husband
" Telling my story has not been easy for me. I've had to dredge up memories I would have rather forgotten. The lonely, anxiety-ridden months I avoided others, attempting to hide from interrogations about my social life. "
Chirlane McCray
Lonely
Me
Life
" Some people are just quiet - they don't need to be talking all the time and aren't extroverted, but they're not necessarily afraid to talk. I'm not really a shy person. "
Chirlane McCray
Talk
Talking
Time
" I would consider running for office. But not for mayor. "
Chirlane McCray
Mayor
Would
Running
" Finding the right person can be so hard that often, when a person finally finds someone she or he is comfortable with, she or he just makes it work. "
Chirlane McCray
Right Person
Person
Finding
" Domestic violence is much more prevalent than people realize. "
Chirlane McCray
More
People
Realize
" I wish I had more time to read. "
Chirlane McCray
I Wish
Read
Time