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John Roos
American
Diplomat
Born:
Feb 14
,
1955
About
Diplomacy
Opportunity
People
Together
You
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A successful entrepreneur can't be afraid of failures or setbacks. An initial setback can be a great opportunity to take a new and more promising approach to any problem, to come back stronger than ever.
John Roos
Great
Problem
Entrepreneur
Opportunity
Stronger
Approach
Back
Promising
More
Great Opportunity
Take
Failures
New
Come
Than
Any
Afraid
Successful
Initial
Ever
Setback
Setbacks
What people often ask me is, 'What are the ingredients of Silicon Valley?' While the answer to that is complex, some of the ingredients I talk about are celebrating entrepreneurship, accepting failure, and embracing a mobile and diverse workforce.
John Roos
Me
Failure
People
Valley
Complex
Embracing
Silicon
Silicon Valley
Some
About
Diverse
Entrepreneurship
Talk
Accepting
Answer
Mobile
Celebrating
Often
While
Ask
Ingredients
Workforce
People talk about Japanese kids as being inward-looking. But my experience is that if you offer them an opportunity, they'll take it.
John Roos
You
Experience
People
Opportunity
Kids
About
Take
Talk
Offer
Being
Japanese
Them
As the U.S. ambassador to Japan, I see this challenge of our younger generations not knowing each other as well as the prior generations.
John Roos
Challenge
Not Knowing
Other
Our
See
Generations
Knowing
Well
Prior
Ambassador
Japan
Younger
Younger Generations
Each
Growing up in California, I obviously knew about our deep connections with the Japanese.
John Roos
Our
About
Knew
California
Obviously
Up
Japanese
Deep
Connections
Growing
Growing Up
As an American, you appreciate the importance of our security alliance, the importance of the economic ties between our two countries, and while I knew of the two bonds between our two people, until I came here, I didn't really appreciate how deep the people-to-people connections are between the American people and the Japanese people.
John Roos
You
People
Our
Security
Economic
Alliance
Knew
Between
Countries
Importance
Until
Ties
How
Came
American
While
Japanese
Japanese People
American People
Really
Deep
Connections
Here
Two
Bonds
Two People
Appreciate
In running Wilson Sonsini, it's all people-to-people skills. Those people-to-people skills translate into diplomatic skills.
John Roos
Those
Running
Wilson
Diplomatic
Translate
Skills
Direct flights facilitate business. They facilitate business-to-business collaborations. I think anything that makes it easier to bring two areas together is a significant benefit to deepening relations and connections.
John Roos
Business
Together
Think
Relations
Benefit
Collaborations
Easier
Significant
Direct
Facilitate
Area
Makes
Anything
Flights
Connections
Deepening
Bring
Two
I'd not underestimate the competitive powers of the Japanese people.
John Roos
People
Underestimate
Powers
Japanese
Japanese People
Competitive
Diplomacy is fundamentally working with people, bringing people together to deal with difficult issues.
John Roos
Together
People
Diplomacy
Difficult
Deal
Issues
Working
Fundamentally
Bringing
For the sake of future generations, we must continue to work together to realise a world without nuclear weapons.
John Roos
Work
Future
Together
World
Future Generations
Must
Weapons
Generations
Without
Sake
Continue
Realise
Work Together
Nuclear
Nuclear Weapons
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