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" 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. "

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" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Domestic violence is much more prevalent than people realize. "

Chirlane McCray

People

Realize

" Labels put people in boxes, and those boxes are shaped like coffins. "

" Black women do not have as many positive images in the media as we should. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Pay equity matters because those dollars add up over time. "

Chirlane McCray

Pay

Over

" I wish I had more time to read. "

" I would consider running for office. But not for mayor. "

" I came out at 17. "

" Symbols are important. It depends on how they're used. "

" I am more than just a label. Why are people so driven to labeling where we fall on the sexual spectrum? "

" I had never had a deep sense of belonging anywhere. I always felt I was an outsider. "

" I know my husband loves me fiercely and passionately. I know he supports me and will always stand up for me. "

Chirlane McCray

Know

Stand

" I was a lifeguard, camp counselor, the president of the YMCA Leaders Corps. I also took piano lessons. I was a dancer. "

" I'm a woman and a person of color; I know what it's like out there in the workplace. "

" 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. "

" It took a long time for me to get into 'I'm taking care of kids,' and what that means. "

" It's tough to be a mother. At any age. It's tough. It's a lot of work. "

" 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. "

" When you become first lady, it's like, 'O.K., now what do you do?' "