Sam Kean Quotes
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Ethiopia is such a great country, beautiful place.
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I don't mind being interviewed on television or radio.
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I want to thank the many Missourians who have reached out to me and asked me to consider running for the United States Senate.
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I quite like Low, the band from Minnesota. They're absolutely mesmerizing. I get much the same feeling from anything that Will Oldham does.
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The great thing about baseball is there's a crisis every day.
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I'm a wuss - a complete wuss!
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Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock.
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I grew up in Germany for a little while, and all my German friends said that Seattle, weather and energy-wise, is a lot like West Germany. It's true.
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I'm not going to lie; the most fun of writing these books is just saying, 'Where am I going to write about? Let me go there!'
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You have to handle adversity well. There are roadblocks you will have to fight through.
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I've never used my weight to get a laugh. That is, used my size as the subject for humor. You never saw me stuck in a door-way or stuck in a chair.
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Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.
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Guitar Hero has been so successful that a lot of people were questioning how it was possible to innovate on the most successful franchise of its kind.
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I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.
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I have always believed in evolving a consensus before taking any major decision.
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I am opposed to the military use of animals. I am also opposed to the military use of men.
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I'm not always angry. In fact, I think I usually go out of my way to try to find roles that don't seem to be like me.
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I'm not really a fan of healthy food - I love eating! But, of course, I do work out.
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There's always been a lot of pressure and tension on the line. If 'Pi' didn't work out, I have no idea what my career would be. I don't think I would have gotten another shot at it. If 'Requiem for a Dream' didn't work out, they would have called me a 'one-hit wonder with a sophomore slump'.
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The desire to be the object of public attention is weak, but the excessive dread of it is but a form of vanity and over-self-contemplativeness.
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Well first of all you have to make the character strong so that people can follow that. And then hopefully that character can integrate with the background of the social situation that people can recognize.
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If you can find a frock you look nice in and can run up three flights of stairs, you're not fat.
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The door of the human heart, can only be opened from the inside.
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We human beings are humane in part because we can look beyond our biology.
