Jon M. Chu Quotes
Once you see dance as a weapon - and everyone has a different weapon - it makes dance really interesting.
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The products in my bathroom are pretty minimal. Issey Miyake makes great cologne, and I use everything from Zirh, especially their shave scream. I really like Mario Badesco aftershave, too. It's amazing.
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Israelis want peace and security, and Palestinians want peace and justice - these are two very different things, and this is the real gap we have to close.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!
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One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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I've found that the most engaging and satisfying author events I've done are with other people, where the conversation is spontaneous. I think that is by far the better way to introduce and promote a book.
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From early morning to late at night, it's such an interesting life, and I'm healthy and free, and that's not so easy with a family.
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I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
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I realized after writing songs for years how important it is. Whether it provides a living for me or not, that creative outlet is something I need.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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I make my own face exfoliant at home, using finely ground rice powder mixed with milk or yogurt. I also treat my skin to a honey, rose water, glycerine and lemon face pack. The honey moisturises, and the lemon removes impurities.
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I have a knack for choosing the wrong people.
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Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
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At the risk of sounding like Virginia Woolf, I could live on £700 a year.
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I could hum Beatles songs before I could talk - not very well, but sort of.
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We have to understand in value what the services of nature are so that we can understand that degrading them is an irreplaceable resource that no amount of money or human ingenuity can replace.
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I've found just the right amount of balance in my life. I'm this pop artist in America, but I'm also Malaysian. And I'm also Muslim.
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Not even a maggot is an it, and to refer to any animal in that manner is an affectation, an ignorant stab at science-speak.
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Starting at age four, my mom decided that she was not going to have an idle child in the house. So I started taking dance lessons on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and then I was in acting classes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and I was also modeling on Saturdays. And that was my childhood.
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It's hard to incorporate dance into movies I think.
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I think the media can definitely show more diversity - different sizes of women, different colours of women, just more diversity in general.
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Once you see dance as a weapon - and everyone has a different weapon - it makes dance really interesting.
