Nathan Chen Quotes

Half of learning a new element is just getting over the fear of doing it. Once you mentally prepare yourself enough to do the jump, that is really half the battle.

Nathan Chen

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LearningFearYourselfBattleDoing

I wanted to sail when I was in grammar school and well remember memorizing the names of the sails from the Merriam-Webster's ponderous dictionary in the library. Now I am actually at sea - as a passenger, of course, but at sea nevertheless - and bound for Ecuador.

Jim Elliot

SeaSchoolI AmSailLibrarySails

We're the only major company in the U.S. that is solely in the professional beauty industry. We promised hairdressers when we started that we would stay with them. If I went retail tomorrow then we would be four times our size overnight, but I'm going to be the one guy who kept his word.

John Paul DeJoria

BeautyTomorrowProfessionalSize

For me, politics is about passion. It doesn't matter what you know; it's your actions that count. I meet people who say they're socialists, and that's not what they carry out in their everyday life.

Maxine Peake

LifePassionPoliticsPeopleMeYou

I think I understand something about space. I think the job of a sculptor is spatial as much as it is to do with form.

Anish Kapoor

JobSpaceThinkUnderstandSomething

You have to know who you are, if you don't you have nightmares.

Stephen Rea

YouKnowNightmaresWho

I think every movie I've made after 'Indiana Jones,' I've tried to make every single movie as if it was made by a different director, because I'm very conscious of not wanting to impose a consistent style on subject matter that is not necessarily suited to that style. So I try to re-invent my own eye every time I tackle a new subject.

Steven Spielberg

TimeStyleEyeThinkNewMy Own

America is the NBA of culture. So to have Asian people in the biggest entertainment market in the world, in Hollywood, is cool.

Ronny Chieng

CulturePeopleCoolWorldAmerica

I think that when a person is insecure about who they are or who they want to be, then it translates on screen, and the choices they make are all about perception.

Mila Kunis

PerceptionChoicesThinkPersonWant

I have a retro feel to my work, to my person, but I also have a futuristic view of what's possible. We can have people in pop that have more diverse looks and attitudes.

LP

WorkPeopleFeelViewLooksPerson

Today's energy mix is the result of yesterday's consumer habits, considerable investment, and various political decisions. The potential of renewable energies, now a well-established fact, is undeniable if given the time to arrive at the technical and economic maturity that will free them from subsidization policies.

Christophe de Margerie

TodayTimeMaturityFreeEnergy

Comedy wasn't something I chose - it chose me. I was just inherently funny when I was a kid.

Pauly Shore

FunnyMeComedyKidSomethingJust

I have a nest egg, and I don't buy above my means.

Mariska Hargitay

EggNestBuyAboveMeansNest Egg

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