Travis Barker Quotes

In junior high, I sang in madrigals, men's' and women's' choir. I played piano too, but then I got out of it.

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• Don't manage - lead change before you have to.

  

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• Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.

  

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• There's always the ongoing actor frustration of finding the great role to do next. I don't go to work a lot. I wait as long as I can until the money runs out or a great part comes along.

  

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• Charity is a very personal equation, like we say charity begins at home. It starts with your immediate help in the house: the people who work for you.

  

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• You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.

  

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• I'm not sure that when I read 'Treasure Island' for the first time, when I was about 10, I understood all the words or what was going on. But that didn't stop me reading it, and I certainly didn't forget it.

  

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• Antonio Damasio is a distinguished neuroscientist with a flair for writing about science and an enthusiasm for philosophizing.

  

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• Employees that feel known and they feel like they know why their job matters and they have a sense of measuring it stay later, do extra work, and are committed to the organization above the requirements that they have.

  

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• It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.

  

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• Maybe it's a tired tale, but without an education, you're not going to go anywhere.

  

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• We're becoming so much better at destigmatizing all sorts of things, including mental illness in 'Silver Linings.'

  

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• I was born 'Harmony,' and it was weird because when I was a little kid, I was picked on so much that when I was 13, I changed my name to Harmful. I thought it was a tougher name, so I had it legally changed. And then, I don't know, it just didn't seem to catch on, so... legally, my name is still Harmful, but I just said I'll go back to Harmony.

  

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• When I was on stage with the Spice Girls, I thought people were there to see the other four and not me.

  

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• I've had some threaten not to give Communion to me, even though they don't know my position, just because I'm a Democrat. I've had cardinals refuse to shake my hand because I'm a Democrat.

  

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• I'll go for broke. Swim faster. It's not going to be easy - this whole thing was never going to be easy.

  

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• The way I see politics is, I don't think it's cynical to accept the fact politicians are human beings, that they're flawed, and they represent the best and the worst of us.

  

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• Fundamentally, I'm profoundly influenced by hip-hop, so whatever I do is going to bear that seal.

  

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• Human affairs require some combination of moral commitment with disciplined political action. And that is what keeps me intrigued and challenged and wanting to influence events.

  

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• Perception creates behavior. Perception encourages behavior. And because this institution-this artifice-continues to socially reinforce patterns of perception and behavior, if this behavior is destructive, it may not be a bad idea to eliminate or curtail the institution.

  

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• History furnishes thousands of examples of men who have seized occasions to accomplish results deemed impossible by those less resolute. Prompt decision and whole-souled action sweep the world before them.

  

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• I really dislike the fact that Asian males are constantly emasculated, whether it's American TV or films. You see it all the time, and it's so weird that they don't see sexuality in Asian men.

  

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• How can a good God appoint cruel people to positions of authority? The answer is simple: God is the originator of the authority, but He is not the author of the cruelty. Man is responsible for his cruel actions, not God. All authority is of God, but not all authority is godly.

  

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• In junior high, I sang in madrigals, men's' and women's' choir. I played piano too, but then I got out of it.

  

  Travis Barker Blink-182
  • Men
  • Piano
  • Choir