Brandon Boyd Quotes
Drawing and visual pursuits were first. Music came and found me in a way. Really, what it's about is creative problem solving, and music is a lot more an expression of that than painting is for me.
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I'm old enough to remember in the 1930s and the 1940s when thrift, frugality, was considered an important virtue.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
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I had done some TV movies that were great experiences but, no, I wasn't looking to do a series.
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With this business, you have to learn to go with the flow. Not being able to grow in comfort is a beautiful thing when you're uncomfortable, so just embrace it and roll with it, and you'll come out stronger.
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I'm just part of a tradition of people who aren't pleased. I would never think anyone else who has the same attitude was getting it from me. I'd just think they're... sensible.
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Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.
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Pablo wanted to be loved and accepted. He wanted to destroy the elite he despised so much, but he also wanted to be the president of Colombia.
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I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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In every walk of life, you must have leaders. An education in the spiritual world, in the labor field, in the agricultural field, we must have leaders.
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I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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The interweb's got a weird vibe.
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Economics has paid a terrible price for its dalliances with the Keynesian and neoclassical theories.
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The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than twelve percent of their customers believe they're doing a good job, while the average profit margin in television is in the neighborhood of eighty percent.
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I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.
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It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
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All space exploration is risky. As an astronaut, I had to decide each and every time I went to space whether or not to risk my life for the mission.
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We just kind saw the images and knew the cliches, so to have the opportunity to go there and learn something about Russian music and about Russian people and to see things apart from being a tourist.
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He turns to the painting. "I fear Mark was right." "Who is Mark?" "A silly little boy who runs after George Boleyn. I once heard him say I looked like a murderer." Gregory says, "Did you not know?
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I believe that any man who takes the liberty of another into his keeping is bound to become a tyrant, and that any man who yields up his liberty, in however slight the measure, is bound to become a slave.
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Drawing and visual pursuits were first. Music came and found me in a way. Really, what it's about is creative problem solving, and music is a lot more an expression of that than painting is for me.
