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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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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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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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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The thing that I have to stay away from is sweets. I have a horrible sweet tooth. It's just the worst.
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My workday is non-stop break-neck high stakes and high pressure. Every day.
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Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review.'
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I encounter really tough men and women who are just so harsh, you can't bend them. You do come across these kinds of people in every profession-just unyielding.
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Coal is my worst nightmare.
