John Rocha Quotes
I want to challenge myself in new mediums; I want to leave myself open to different things.
Quotes to Explore
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There is nothing that says unions have a God-given right to be there. We have to work at it and make ourselves relevant to every section of the workforce.
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I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.
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Don't get between me and a really good picture in the darkroom, because then I want to go straight to the darkroom and develop it. But once that's done, I'm fine.
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I am the only one in my family to graduate college. It was a proud moment for me to receive a degree.
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My father's music has always inspired me in many ways... especially to be better at what I do.
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Because the show is popular, people do recognize us on the streets.
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Sometimes new voices have the most spectacular vision. It is uncluttered and organic.
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I'm not really a piano player, but I play enough to get away with it.
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My mum told me to have patience. It's about realising that when things aren't going the way you want them to, or you don't have inspiration, it will come.
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I was always kind of florid. And full of rhetoric. That was my flaw. My whole time writing, I've had to work against that because it can be a wrecking posture.
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If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.
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We only have a certain amount of energy for each day. If we use it for the wrong purpose, if we focus on the negative or dwell on whoever hurt us, then we're not going to have the energy we need for the right purposes.
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Luckily, I work for a company that promotes on performance.
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I truly believe that my songs bring the answers and the solutions, as opposed to just talking about the problems. My music at its core is joyful.
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Nobody in France would ever say 'He's a Jewish novelist' or 'She's a black novelist,' even though people do write about those subjects. It would look absurd to a French person to go into a bookstore and see a 'Gay Studies' section.
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For 'A Little Night Music,' I did try to get little bit more beefed up for that because I thought that would help me carry myself around the stage in that character.
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We Christians should be aware that there's something at stake in cultural participation that we wouldn't have been concerned about if all we did was worry about the messages in culture.
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I keep on 5 to 10 pounds above my jeans weight, as the ultimate no-filler-needed refresher, and buy a size up on jeans.
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The rich man despises those who flatter him too much, and hates those who do not flatter him at all.
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Teenagers want to be able to fight for what's right - but finding out what's right is now 90 percent of the battle.
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Yes, for blacks, racism functions without the actual presence of whites, just as for whites it functions without the actual presence of blacks! Beliefs, conventions, history do the work.
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The familiar can feel good - especially with so much uncertainty when we turn on the news. But it doesn't uplift us, challenge us, or inspire anew as truly original work can.
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There are only two ways to establish competitive advantage: do things better than others or do them differently.
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I want to challenge myself in new mediums; I want to leave myself open to different things.
