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 was an infantry Marine, and there are only so many things you can do when you get out of the military that you can apply your job to. Either a janitor or a cop. I tried to do both of those things because what else are you going to do?
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I find the elitism and blatant provincialism of many (Manhattan-based) New Yorkers unattractive. Just as place can be an identity crutch that helps a person feel individual, place can be a crutch in poetry.
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Popular culture - above all rock 'n' roll, with its African-American R & B roots - did far more to radicalize us than did any feminist leader.
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I think in life we want to challenge ourselves.
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In any project the important factor is your belief. Without belief, there can be no successful outcome.
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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.
