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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If you're governor of a state, and you have nothing to say when the president attacks the people that you represent, you are complicit.
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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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I had one of the best days of my life. I spent the afternoon with my two kids and my ex-wife at Serendipity. Then I came to the theater, and you know, I think I did the play the best I've ever done it.
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We weren't going to play the show-biz game, and be obsequious.
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The person with just one good idea is a thousand times better off than the person with no good ideas.
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I'm a very brave person. I can go to North Vietnam, I can challenge my government, but I can't challenge the man I'm with if means I'm going to end up alone.
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When you look at a city, you know, it looks so unique. You feel this kind of uniqueness, you know, and especially if you go from a big city to a small city or if you go from one country to another. Cities look very different, often. They even feel very different. You know, and they are, of course. They certainly are.
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Last time I was recording, I was trying to loop on the computer, but it's really difficult because it's really different from looping on hardware.
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I want to challenge myself in new mediums; I want to leave myself open to different things.
