Mo Rocca (Maurice Alberto Rocca) Quotes
I wish I had played team sports. I think every kid should. Teamwork builds character - teaches people about leadership and cooperation.
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I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I'm talking about just for the league itself.
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God's not thinking about your mistakes, failures or shortcomings. No, His thoughts toward you are good.
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These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.
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Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism.
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The type of music we know as classical music began with rich people hiring musicians or owning them in a way. Without funding, it's very hard to have this experience. Be it state money or private money, there has to be someone dedicated to raising the money.
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A lot of the time when people get married in the infatuation, it will go down. That is inevitable. The infatuation stage will not last forever.
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Positive social emotions like compassion and empathy are generally good for us, and we want to encourage them. But do we know how to most reliably raise children to care about the suffering of other people? I'm not sure we do.
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People, in whatever walk of life, would be surprised if they just gave themselves a chance by believing in what they are.
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Houston's one of the most diverse urban areas in the entire country, and most people here are really proud of that.
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People would ask me why I was doing what I was doing – but I always told them that I just loved to skate. There was no other explanation.
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People are going to say what they want to say.
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Any real virtual reality enthusiast can look back at VR science fiction. It's not about playing games... 'The Matrix,' 'Snow Crash,' all this fiction was not about sitting in a room playing video games. It's about being in a parallel digital world that exists alongside our own, communicating with other people, playing with other people.
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When people ask me silly questions about my private life, I just say, I don't discuss that.
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I'm afraid Japanese people tend to collective hysteria.
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People have told me about organized crime in the fashion industry, but I can't talk about that. I'm looking to stay alive.
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The moral and intellectual character of the Africans is widely different in different nations.
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In the '60s, people were still very protective of each field that they belonged to. Avant-garde artists didn't know about rock or pop or jazz. And the jazz people of course didn't want to know about any other music. They were all just kind of protecting their territory.
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I've never really been a careerist; I've never been able to step back and look at anything in that way. I though this is just what happens. I did take my work very seriously. I loved immersing myself in a character. I loved getting the opportunity to do that. I didn't realize how extraordinary it was, how lucky I was, because I was young.
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If you don't make the commitment today to start becoming the person you need to be to create the extraordinary life you really want, what makes you think that tomorrow - or next week, or next month, or next year - is going to be any different? They won't. And that's why you must draw your line in the sand TODAY.
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I guess my favorite artists are The White Stripes or Tom Waits. The more theatrical the music is, the more I get into it. I also like the quieter folk music, that kind of old-school rockabilly or country. I'm not really picky when it comes to music, as long as it's honest.
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Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.
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You walk into any supermarket or any shopping mall and ask the public what they are worried about. Not one of them will tell you they are worried about 12 years of Mitt Romney's tax returns.
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While Israelis do not care too much about Europeans moral judgments, the E.U. is an important market for them, and European sanctions of any kind would be harmful to Israel.
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I wish I had played team sports. I think every kid should. Teamwork builds character - teaches people about leadership and cooperation.
