Joe Root Quotes
It is easy to get sucked in. Because you’re watching these guys banging it consistently out of the park. And... you want a bit of that. It’s… I wouldn’t say ‘ego’, but you want to add to this score. I don’t want to be a restrictor. I don’t want to put a ceiling on what we’re capable of doing.
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I hope we can keep doing it this way - making music and art that are pure products of our influences while not really having to let the whole celebrity side of it get in the way. Then maybe more virtual bands will come out and do the same thing.
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On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.
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These rejections hurt me terribly because I felt it was my life that was being rejected.
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Like any actor, I want to be able to have a long career and show different characters and a range.
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I was one of the most brilliant liars as a child.
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I never ceased to be surprised when southern whites, at their homes or clubs, told racial jokes and spoke so derogatorily of blacks while longtime servants, for whom they quite clearly had some affection, were well within earshot.
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I'm the kind of person who would have liked to have lived at the Plaza. I love crystal chandeliers and gold leaf, velvets and mirrors, Oriental rugs and marble.
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Feb 6 1945 St. Ann, Jamaica, Daddy was born. I remember us celebrating one of his birthdays in Jamaica at 56 Hope Road with him, no big superstar party, just us kids, Mommy, some cake, few laughs and that was it. Even if he wasn't known to the world on Feb 6th I would still think of him and in my heart say Happy Birthday Daddy. Love.
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We've just got to understand that (tonight) is a different day and we've got to perform better than we did (Wednesday) night.
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... while infants will sync with the human voice regardless of language, they later become habituated to the rhythms of their own language and culture ... ... humans are tied to each other by hierarchies of rhythms that are culture-specific and expressed through language and body movement.
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Can you every single day tell a true testimony of who you are? That's really what life is about.
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I am doing everything humanly possible to try and get well, but lately things have just kept getting worse.
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you must cry out if you want help. It is no use whatsoever to suffer in silence. Who will succour the drowning man if he does not clamour for his life?
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I'm never certain how to respond when an advocate on the other side of a case calls up images of patriots over the centuries who have sacrificed themselves to preserve our democracy.
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Tracy looks like he's injured to me. He just didn't seem to play with as much vigor.
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My father is a college professor and that's about the extent of my college experience. I'm sort of a professional student forever. I think just as human beings we always have a student who is alive in us and is waiting to pop up and make us feel like we are 16 years-old again.
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The secret to a long life is knowin' when it's time to go.
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I expected that because we've got guys behind (Williams) that are ready to play and want to get out there. They had their opportunity to get out there and play and they did well.
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It is easy to get sucked in. Because you’re watching these guys banging it consistently out of the park. And... you want a bit of that. It’s… I wouldn’t say ‘ego’, but you want to add to this score. I don’t want to be a restrictor. I don’t want to put a ceiling on what we’re capable of doing.
