John Rocha Quotes
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I think it's always best to be who you are.
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Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well.
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Most presenters are consumed with preparing their content rapidly, which makes the material about their own narrow perspective.
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Listen, I'm not a politician. I'm not a news reporter. I make music, and I act.
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Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth.
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The Strauss Group identified water as a strategic category presenting significant business opportunity in line with the Group's long term business strategy and vision. We view the development of a technology that enables high quality drinking water for both home and offices as a means to improve the quality of life of millions of people.
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Since I was 19, I've always gone where there was a reason to be. Maybe I'll be lucky and there'll be a reason to go somewhere tropical for a while.
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Father's Day each year makes me grateful for what my father did for me. This has little to do with our relationship, and much to do with what he taught me.
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This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You see it on stage as it is happening. Even if we fall down or forget our words, it's a part of live entertainment.
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I believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly.
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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Young people have so many letdowns that people don't realize.
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We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
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I think that art is still a site for resistance and for the telling of various stories, for validating certain subjectivities we normally overlook. I'm trying to be affective, to suggest changes, and to resist what I feel are the tyrannies of social life on a certain level.
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There is no easy path leading out of life, and few easy ones that lie within it.
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Before I do a stunt, I have to make sure it is safe.
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I am proud of where I came from, and I am proud of what I've been able to achieve through hard work and perseverance. And I guarantee you that anyone who tries to say otherwise hasn't walked a day in my shoes.
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I shampoo every other day and only do the roots. I can't shampoo all the way down to the end, because it will dry my hair out. I use a mask multiple times a week to restore moisture.
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Living under the perpetual and pervasive threat of racism seems, for black men and black women, to quite literally reduce lifespans.
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When I was growing up, it was the guys who were hardest at school who got the prettiest girls. It's a status thing.
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The wonderful thing about delivering sports commentary on NPR was that because it has such a broad audience, I was able to reach people who otherwise had little or no interest in sport - especially as an important part of our human culture.
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Every single substitute teacher growing up could not pronounce my name, so whenever someone pauses, I'm like, "Oh, that's me."
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What writer wants to make compromises with story? Story is the only reason you're in it.
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I like to create a simple space and surround myself with things that I like to look at.
