Joe Garcia Quotes
We live in the world's greatest democracy; we want for nothing. And that which we want, we can work toward achieving.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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I can sing in front of people. I can go on a TV show, live, and not feel like I'm going to throw up.
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The pace of television is very different from film.
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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.
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The main characters for 'The Seer and the Sword' made an appearance one night and then haunted me for over five years before I began to write them down. Does that count as inspiration? For me, characters tend to show up, stay on to help with the work of writing their stories, and then occasionally deign to visit after a book is finished.
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I tend not to have any references to anything. I just jump into the script in front of me. If you reference too much, you have no idea if the performances are right.
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I will never give myself the luxury of thinking, 'I've made it.'
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My protest about the post exchange seating bore some results. More seats were allocated for blacks, but there were still separate sections for blacks and for whites. At least I had made my men realize that something could be accomplished by speaking out, and I hoped they would be less resigned to unjust conditions.
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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
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Our foreign policy has made a wreck of this planet. I'm always in Africa... And when I go to these places I see American policy written on the walls of oppression everywhere.
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Any business owner can tell you that if their company isn't performing profitably and up to standards, one of two things will happen: either you make changes to improve its efficiency, or a competitor will drive you out of business. Market forces have a way of cutting to the chase rather quickly.
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Laws and customs may be creative of vice; and should be therefore perpetually under process of observation and correction: but laws and customs cannot be creative of virtue: they may encourage and help to preserve it; but they cannot originate it.
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That's how it began. In those days, we had to lug around these enormous recorders and camera equipment and find a place to conceal them.
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It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.
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I really like working, the opportunity to work with good people and to play interesting parts.
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But surely we are not allowed..." "Allowed?" I counters. "We're allowed to do anything in this world until someone says we ain't allowed and that someone can back it up.
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We live in the world's greatest democracy; we want for nothing. And that which we want, we can work toward achieving.
