Walker Stapleton Quotes
That's where the good ideas come from: the people, not the boardroom. But you have to be willing to put in the legwork.
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Well, we like to let down our hair and pep it up at the dances, but we keep it slower when we broadcast. We have to please everybody, and that softer music appeals to the larger amount of people. It's like eating too much cake. You have to have your steak too.
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I am an invisible man. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.
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I think sports and bodybuilding were the only things that saved me from getting beat up. People are not pleased, for whatever reason, when you can answer all the questions in class. If not for the respect I got from track, cross-country, wrestling and bodybuilding, it would have been a disaster.
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A lot of people tell me, 'You are from North; how do you manage to get along in the South?' I don't know what to say to them. I've always felt at home here, and by learning to speak Telugu, my connection with the place has gotten that much stronger.
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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I design all my sets. With my tour and my album artwork, I co-design that with people who are better at drawing than me. But I've got a good imagination. I went to art school so I understand how to communicate my ideas.
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Caring about policy is important - people in washington forget.
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Some people think that religion is not essential to society. I do not hold this view. I consider the foundation of religion to be essential to the life and practices of a society.
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I understood, through rehab, things about creating characters. I understood that creating whole people means knowing where we come from, how we can make a mistake and how we overcome things to make ourselves stronger.
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I never thought I was a very good manager.
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Even in my darkest times I knew I had a good future ahead of me.
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People assume that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.
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I'm attracted to playing people who aren't necessarily straightforward.
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I always say that people should not rush to change religions. There is real value in finding the spiritual resources you need in your home religion.
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I think it's pretty normal that there are a lot of people out there who don't like us.
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Writers, particularly poets, always feel exiled in some way - people who don't exactly feel at home, so they try to find a home in language.
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I am always surprised people are surprised that people haven't read things.
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I'm really private, and also, when I'm home, I'm home. I don't like people in on my business. I believe that you can be overexposed.
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I hope I helped change people's preconceptions about 'Page 3' girls by appearing on Newsnight and at the Oxford Union debate.
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Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.
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Must not I then entertain the saints because I must keep my conscience.
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I was a screenwriting and studio art major in college, so even though I don't have any training as a floral designer, I have a very particular visual aesthetic.
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I think the great thing about social media is it gives people access to you on a totally personal level that they didn't have before, so it's really important, and it's a great way to get people involved and excited about what you're doing.
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That's where the good ideas come from: the people, not the boardroom. But you have to be willing to put in the legwork.
