Wesley Borland (Wes Borland) Quotes
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Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than people expect.
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During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.
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My son Darrel could recite 'Straight Outta Compton' at two years old. He loved it! You can expose your kids to anything as long as you sit there and explain it to them.
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You know, Saint Augustine said our hearts are restless 'til they rest in thee. And I had a restlessness in my heart. Something just wasn't quite right.
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Personality is everything that's false in a human: everything that's been added on to him and contrived.
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I get along very well with animals and children. I dig them, I get them.
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But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.
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I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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You know, my mum's always encouraged me and never made my gender an issue, I guess. She brought me up to believe in equality, as opposed to feminism or sexism – so it just meant that my gender was not relevant to what I was capable of achieving.
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I know that 'boots on the ground' is a scary phrase and that the Western world has gotten used to sterile attacks.
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You just can't let anything or anyone get in the way of who you are.
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Imagine stepping into the shoes of Roberto Duran, one of the most legendary boxers in the history of the sport, and definitely the most legendary Latin American boxer, and then having 'Raging Bull' in my corner. I mean, imagine that? Just having Robert De Niro to play the trainer in the movie, that was fantastic.
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I've been doing a bit of screenwriting and producing, and even a bit of directing.
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Music and woman I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is.
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Money and good life had never been my goal.
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I want to go against the best fighters. That's why I'm always calling out Georges St-Pierre. I don't have anything against Georges St-Pierre. I think he's a great fighter.
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Well, I'm about to do another western, a pilot for HBO this fall.
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I worked hard to be accepted by the fashion community in ways beyond my physical appearance. In no time, though, I found myself surrendering to the industry's approval process. I felt like I needed validation from everyone. As a result, I lost sight of myself and what it meant to be happy, what it meant to be successful.
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I like that Pilates compromises the mind and body. It's not just about being able to run around the block a few times. It's about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It's about being balanced.
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In running Wilson Sonsini, it's all people-to-people skills. Those people-to-people skills translate into diplomatic skills.
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If the existence of bullshit jobs seems to defy the logic of capitalism, one possible reason for their proliferation might be that the existing system isn’t capitalism-or at least, isn’t any sort of capitalism that would be recognizable from the works of Adam Smith, Karl Marx, or, for that matter, Ludwig von Mises or Milton Friedman.
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Modesty is good. But take your credit. You can't always count on other people to offer it.
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When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.
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All I want to do is write songs about funny characters I made up.
