Steve Aoki Quotes
My first job was working at Benihana as kitchen help. In college, I was a telemarketer for a company at the same time I was a bike messenger for this greasy fast-food place.
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With the rapid growth of Internet users in China bringing online video into a new paradigm, the market scale we first envisioned as an online video website back in 2006 has grown significantly.
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I have a song about being in love. I have a song about being supportive. There's inspiring ones, and there's some that show a little bit more fun and daring. It really is a range of who I am.
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Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn't think I could understand poetry; I didn't think that it had any relevance to my life, the feelings that I endured on a day-to-day basis, until I was introduced to the right poem.
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Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.
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I was born in the Midwest, where 'salad' was cherry Jell-O with bananas in it. Now children are more aware of healthy foods.
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In New Orleans, music is part of the culture. You're raised with it, from the cradle to the grave, and all in-between.
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Manhattan seems pretty developed, you know what I mean? Like, it has peaked in culture.
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The role model approach to social change is no substitute for challenging unjust employment practices, educational policies and housing.
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Make no mistake, adolescence is a war. No one gets out unscathed.
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The Simpsons can go anywhere in the world and not worry about any budgetary issues. However, even when the show has had its run, I think the characters can go on in perpetuity.
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I'm a rock and roll singer.
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I'm not a person who embraces challenges. I run from challenges. I break world records running from challenges.
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Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles.
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I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word - politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit.
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I'm not a stand-up comedian. I'm not an improv person or anything, but I've always been a fan of that stuff.
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You get tragedy where the tree, instead of bending, breaks.
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The unemployment rate has effectively not gone down from where it was at the peak of the recession. The only reason it's gone technically from 10 percent to 8 percent is so many people are discouraged and have quit work.
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I do a lot of weight training, and my workouts are intense, which include cardios, core body workouts, and functional training.
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I didn't locate well. That usually causes problems, for me especially.
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I think having kids just makes you want to do things to help people. You have children, and you see how fragile and innocent and helpless they are when they first start out. If they are going to be a victim of whatever they are surrounded by, I just do everything I can to try to make whatever change I can.
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I grew up thinking that I would be an ambassador secret agent. From age 14 to right before I graduated college, I was really interested in the foreign service and the United Nations. I learned to speak French, Turkish, and all these things.
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We need to invest in our crumbling infrastructure to create jobs and remain economically competitive.
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Ever since I watched 'Roots,' I've dreamed of tracing my African ancestry and helping other people do the same.
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My first job was working at Benihana as kitchen help. In college, I was a telemarketer for a company at the same time I was a bike messenger for this greasy fast-food place.
