Steven Chu Quotes
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There is no such thing as a perfect mother.
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My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song.
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I've got ten pairs of trainers. That's one for every day of the week.
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English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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I definitely look up to Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins, and J.K. Rowling.
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I ride my bike for transportation a great deal - occasionally I ride it for fun. But I also have a generator bike that's hooked up to my solar battery pack, so if I ride 15 minutes hard on my bike, that's enough energy to toast toast, or power my computer.
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People want entertainment, a whole night of it, a whole experience.
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Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
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I may play some exhibition games so I don't want to quit the game of chess completely. I just decided and it's a firm decision not to play competitive chess anymore.
Garry Kasparov -
Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
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Death is the beginning of something.
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China's own recent history proves that when it opens itself, there is nothing its people cannot accomplish. A more open China will lead to a more prosperous and stable China. That's good for China, the United States and, indeed, the entire world.
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When I drive through a field, I want to see green grass sometimes, and I don't want to see black and white.
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I like the slow Scandinavian pace. I don't need cliffhangers in every chapter because I don't want to make a Hollywood movie out of it.
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I'm a magpie in my fiction, taking whatever looks shiny and curious to line the nest of my story.
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I run my own world, because I very firmly believe that my destiny, my future is in my hands and I don't want to blame anybody else for the path that I take.
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Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.
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和平未到根本絕望時期，決不放棄和平，犧牲未到最後關頭，決不輕言犧牲
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Reading develops cognitive skills. It trains our minds to think critically and to question what you are told. This is why dictators censor or ban books. It's why it was illegal to teach slaves to read. It's why girls in developing countries have acid thrown in their faces when they walk to school.
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I have a responsibility to devote my energy to my country and my people.
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As any successful mad scientist will tell you, energy ain't free. Popular culture tends to forget this, instead focusing on the destructive capabilities of our finely crafted death rays without noting the massive energy expenditures required to use them.
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In 80% of the world, energy will be bought where it is economic. You have to help the rest of the world get energy at a reasonable price.
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Sustainable energy is the equivalent of the U.S. moon shot.
