Sandra Oh Quotes
I grew up never seeing myself on-screen, and it's really important to me to give people who look like me a chance to see themselves. I want to see myself as the hero of any story. I want to see myself save the world from the bomb.
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Dangerous people with guns are a threat to women.
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Science attempts to analyze how things and people and animals behave; it has no concern whether this behavior is good or bad, is purposeful or not. But religion is precisely the quest for such answers: whether an act is right or wrong, good or bad, and why.
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'Skins' is about a group of teenagers in Bristol, and it's all about what they get up to and all the different things they do. I think it's a good show because it's come from a very real place, and there's a lot of young people involved in the writing.
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The problem of different sensitivities of distinct protein groups to lysosomal inhibitors has remained unsolved and may have served as an important trigger in the future quest for a non-lysosomal proteolytic system that may be involved in at least certain aspects of intracellular protein degradation.
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People watch me, waiting for me to slip up, so my privacy has gone - but that's a price you pay.
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I have been fighting climate change for two decades, and people often ask me how I remain hopeful in the face of extreme weather and grim forecasts. The answer is simple: I see countless solutions spreading across the nation and across the world. But we need more investment.
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Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
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Set the foot down with distrust on the crust of the world - it is thin.
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You can't have too much of everything, you must have a balance, that's very important.
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After a decade in public life working to stop Iran from ever acquiring nuclear weapons, I cannot support a deal giving Iran billions of dollars in sanctions relief - in return for letting it maintain an advanced nuclear program and the infrastructure of a threshold nuclear state.
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As delicate as 'Guy and Madeline' was, it was important that 'Whiplash' come off as more of a fever dream.
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I think music should be experienced by people all ages.
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Just about every therapist or counselor or social worker is practiced in dealing with people going through failing relationships, ending them, and confronting issues of custody and support.
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It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.
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When people recognize your work and want to reward you for what you've done, that's a good feeling.
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I hate wasting people's time.
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One of my favorite albums in the world is Bruce Springsteen's 'Nebraska.' Each song has this very distinct character who has something profound to say.
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I think I spent my entire childhood on film sets, surrounded by film-makers and actors and people with magnetic energies who make movies.
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I love the idea that movies, like 'Fast Times,' can be iconic and change people's lives in little, tiny ways.
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You have to take people one at a time, check out what's in their head and heart before you judge.
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I'm supporting the charities that I supported during my lifetime, and I want to continue to do that.
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The director Steve McQueen has found a way to constantly include the element of surprise in his work, both as an artist and as a filmmaker.
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I'm inspired by throwing out any darkness that is inside of me. For me, art cures.
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I grew up never seeing myself on-screen, and it's really important to me to give people who look like me a chance to see themselves. I want to see myself as the hero of any story. I want to see myself save the world from the bomb.
