Steven Chu Quotes
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I think there is no racism in this film industry. They are only in need of talent, though it takes time; but, if you are talented, you will get your due. I am thankful to be part of this industry.
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As a kid, I was always very thin, and I kind of didn't know that I was skinny.
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I thought I knew how to work out before I immersed myself into boxing. I now know what an extreme workout really is.
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They show that roughly two-thirds of a group of neurotic patients will recover or improve to a marked extent within about two years of the onset of their illness, whether they are treated by means of psychotherapy or not.
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I love the outdoors. I love climbing mountains.
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I'd always assumed that I would die at about the same age as my dad - he was 45. I am five years in credit now. I can't get my head around the fact that I am older than he was - ever.
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Maui reminded me of San Diego: beautiful, but crowded.
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As far as rap goes, I grew up in Hollis, Queens, so early influences were people like Run DMC and LL Cool J.
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Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important.
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I had bohemian parents in Seattle in the last '60s living in a houseboat. My dad wrote science fiction novels and painted big murals and oil paintings.
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I look for poetry in English because it's the only language I read.
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We are at the precipice of great transformation within our culture and government.
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I think to get a title shot, you need to have some expressive winnings.
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Palestinian ideology has become a lethal cocktail of radical nationalism and Islamic fundamentalism.
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I'm addicted to avocados, and I'll put them with anything, particularly chillies. Can you imagine if they became extinct? That would be like the apocalypse, no?
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When we live in a world that is very unjust, you have to be a dissident.
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Some people call me scrappy - and that's because I am.
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I think I made this decision that I just loved making music, and it didn't matter what level I got to do it on, and 'Fight Song' was this declaration that I'm going to keep going, and I'm going to keep believing in myself, even if it seems like it's impossible.
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So many pleasing episodes of one's life are spoiled by shouting. You never heard of an unhappy marriage unless the neighbors have heard it first.
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I've been around politics a long time. I've seen it at its best and its worst, been at so many events, listened to private conversations versus public speaking, understood the game of it, and in many ways the theatrics.
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I've never been competitive with other actors. I've been competitive with myself and I'm my own worst critic, a terrible critic I am, and unless I get something right, I feel very unhappy.
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Whatever it takes to win.
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I introduced the Food Security Improvement Act in Congress to remedy the fact that most SNAP beneficiaries find themselves skipping meals or running out of benefits every month.
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Coal is my worst nightmare.
