Brian Schatz Quotes
Americans know our only response in the face of mounting risks from climate change must be the swift transition to a clean energy economy. We do not have the luxury of burying our heads in the sand.
Quotes to Explore
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You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses.
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I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!' I'm like 'Oh, I'll get around to it.'
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I feel so gratified about having finished college. I learned how to articulate myself. It gave me confidence more than anything. And also the ability to analyze the text.
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For me, being an actress, my responsibility is not to pay attention to all the noise around me and to pay attention to the script and the director and protect the character and try to tell her story the best I can.
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I was very good in all the maths and sciences.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone.
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I'm pretty much a thrift shop gal. Flea markets on Sundays.
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There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said.
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Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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I definitely look up to Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins, and J.K. Rowling.
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I ride my bike for transportation a great deal - occasionally I ride it for fun. But I also have a generator bike that's hooked up to my solar battery pack, so if I ride 15 minutes hard on my bike, that's enough energy to toast toast, or power my computer.
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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Measure your wealth by what you'd have left if you lost all your money.
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I never wanted a big wedding. I never wanted to wear a white dress or throw a bouquet.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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Acquaintances we meet, enjoy, and can easily leave behind; but friendship grows deep roots.
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We really earned our keep by going door to door, going to every town, playing in every club.
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I used to be obsessed about how I presented myself. I didn't want other people dressing me because I didn't want to be treated like a clothes horse.
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Above all, I try to create an emotion to which others can respond.
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The more success you get, you start to be harder on yourself or more afraid of the looking glass. You have to learn to build a thicker skin because people are paying more attention.
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As a teenager, I had big breasts for my age, and my friends cracked on me a lot.
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Americans know our only response in the face of mounting risks from climate change must be the swift transition to a clean energy economy. We do not have the luxury of burying our heads in the sand.
