John Rocco Quotes

I couldn't resist painting Orpheus and Charon on the River Styx. There was something strangely intriguing about seeing Orpheus playing his lyre as he is being shuttled across the river.

John Rocco

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They say great themes make great novels. but what these young writers don't understand is that there is no greater theme than men and women.

John O'Hara

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It's very tough to run my side of the line. Eight out of 10 plays, they don't get anything.

John Matuszak

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I like to wear something expensive with something that's not.

Stella Maxwell

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Although the president has the power to remove an FBI director, the decision should not be taken lightly.

Rod Rosenstein

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I had this funny family. At one end, they were breeding dogs in south-east London - for greyhound racing - and at the other, my uncle was living in Downing Street. And I would actually go to Downing Street, which didn't strike me as funny. I'd get on the number 15 bus.

Michael Moorcock

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God truly is our Father, the Father of the spirits of all mankind. We are his literal offspring and are formed in his image. We have inherited divine characteristics from him.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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My dad's era believed that there was something noble in being a good guy - the kind of guy that lived straight and narrow, told the truth, and stood up for what he believed was right.

Dean Norris

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I always tell my players to find the fire within themselves.

Claudio Ranieri

FireFindAlwaysWithinTell

Well firstly, that points certainly at the need for international standards on biometrics that would move in the same direction so that we can have the same technical requirements.

Asa Hutchinson

DirectionNeedSameStandardsWell

When you're writing, I think a big part of writing comes out of an attempt to understand yourself. You're dealing with emotions and thoughts that are native to you. So that probably winds up in your characters.

Sheila Heti

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Time can be dissected easily: an hour can be cut up in many ways. Fifteen minutes on this memo, a five-minute walk to another meeting, 30 minutes at that meeting and then 10 minutes debriefing. Oh, and maybe a quick phone call on the walk to that meeting. The busy are expert at dissection: that's how they make it all fit.

Sendhil Mullainathan

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I'm not gonna front and act like your boyfriend. I'm out here, you know what I'm saying?

Ty Dolla Sign

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