Charlene Li Quotes
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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I didn't have traditional stage fright. If there was 500 people in the audience or three people in the audience, it didn't really make a difference. What made a difference was the conductor. Everything that I was scared about as a drummer was him.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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I think that haredi children should study the core subjects and that their parents must work, and I believe that there are many haredim who think like me and would be glad to discover that someone is fighting the radical functionaries and rabbis who embitter their lives.
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A film set is the most comfortable place I could be in the world; that's what I know.
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N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new - that's what New York is about... New.
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I have a close association with Gen. Petraeus... What you get in Dave Petraeus is a very unique officer, a combination of intelligence, extraordinary depth of knowledge and understanding.
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My calling, as one imperfect human, is to celebrate and uphold life every time I get the chance.
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Some of the senior people, the very senior astronauts, shook my hand and said, 'K.C., you did a great job. Don't let anyone tell you different.'
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I worry that I can come off smarmy. I wonder if I was listening to myself if I'd want to kick my own ass.
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I half knew what to expect when I saw the cricket ground in the morning. It was when I started to talk to people working out there, I began to find what I was looking for.
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You know, every time a summer movie comes out, people think they're gonna get rich off of the merchandise.
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Nowadays, the truth is, I think a lot of the newer generation of action stars usually are pretty self-deprecating and cool. I mean, Dwayne Johnson is a great example.
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Even if it's a white crowd, I tell my jokes for the four black people in the room, not the 100 whites.
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I think anyone who's ever gone through adolescence and wanted something from their parents knows the basic tenets of a con.
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I'm very, very used to feeling anonymous, you know?
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I like to know where the camera is.
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I met my best friend in a sandbox when I was three, and he would grow up to be gay and loved to dress in my clothing any chance he got.
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Iwas not a reader at all, not until I discovered 'The Hobbit.' That changed my life. It gave me the courage to read. It led me to the 'Lord of the Rings' series. And once I'd read that, I knew I could read anything because I had just read thousands of pages.
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Things change; your priorities change in life. So I'd never think of riding 100 miles on Christmas Day now, because I've got two kids, and it's selfish.
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Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow,Or by the lazy Scheldt, or wandering Po.
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If you have too good a time writing hostile reviews, you'll injure not only your sensibility but your soul.
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Leadership is defined not by the position you hold but by the people who follow you.
