Steven Chu Quotes
Switching to light-coloured roofs and roadways would have the equivalent effect on greenhouse gas emissions to taking one billion cars off the road for eleven years.
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Genuine polemics approach a book as lovingly as a cannibal spices a baby.
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People in general are used to seeing me as the naughty girl because that's what they've always cast me as.
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You'll have to forgive me this boldness, but I think women are very fortunate that men exist! The gods are very wise and certainly knew what they were doing. They created the sun and the moon, light and darkness, the eagle and the serpent, all for the same reason. They are perfect complements and the mechanism we use to reach heaven.
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When money functions as measure of value it must truly represent the values it helps to circulate.
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Home may be where the heart is but it's no place to spend Wednesday afternoon.
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If you do have something you love to do, the fun part of the job is no different than what was fun about doing it in high school for no money. I thought there would be some greater reward in succeeding.
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We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace.
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The time to make up your mind about people is never.
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Behind every successful person, stands a very successful mother-in-law.
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Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them a fat missionary.
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I don't know. I'm really really really nervous.
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I don't have any regrets about the album [Veedon Fleece]. But it's the same old story - an album is basically 35 or 40 minutes of what you do. It's 'part' of what you do.
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"Big" government? Who wants that? I just want effective government. That means America's government needs to be big in some places, small in others and non-existent in others.
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Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you have children that you realize you're not a nice person at all, but generally a selfish bully.
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A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.
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Gaining the home-court advantage. That's what the goal has always been. Detroit jumped out to such a good start, everybody knew it was going to be tough to catch that team.
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People’s beliefs about their abilities have a profound effect on those abilities.
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Without Russia's contribution, prices would rise even more. Some members of the EU meet 90% of their demands for gas with the help of Russian hydrocarbons and have no complaints so far. Everybody is happy. Russia is a reliable partner and has never failed her partners in Europe, even in the hardest times of its economic development.
