We weren't afraid to mix some crazy styles into the standard rockabilly look. We also took a lot of different musical influences that were part of that era.
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FELIX BAUMGARTNER They are not afraid of humans because they also walk on two legs and we don't look that different. DIEGO BOCK When I got a deposit on my very first cake, I took that deposit and I bought some cake mix with it. ... DUFF GOLDMAN We weren't wealthy but we definitely weren't poor. We were incredibly rich because there was... ROGER DALTREY My father raised us like... we were not allowed to see people in any sort of colors, but also we wer... KHLOE KARDASHIAN We were very fortunate that the carriers weren't in the harbor. BARNEY ROSS We would play songs live on stage, and then we'd watch their reaction we were receiving immediat... MICHAEL FRANTI My favorite thing about decorating is mixing different periods and styles. If you have something tha... NATE BERKUS Convinced that we're living the whole time that we're dying. We decide to go out walking the wh... TEGAN QUIN Many of us believe that we need health care reform. That being said - Americans felt like they weren... TIMOTHY GRIFFIN We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different. CRAIG GROESCHEL Come to find out, the Russians were never afraid of the Americans. They weren't raised with the ... DEIDRE HALL There weren't a lot of career opportunities in crazy-fast hardcore punk, so you didn't have ... DAVE GROHL I wanted 'Night of the Living Dead' to look naturalistic, but we weren't able to do it b... GEORGE A. ROMERO We do what we do because we love it and we try to be successful at it and to make it as fun as possi... ALEJANDRO ROSSO I used to hang out a lot in jazz clubs, and the groups took to a kid like me who wasn't afraid t... ERIC BURDON Once I got a record contract, and I took my songs which weren't quite finished, or maybe they we... CHANTAL KREVIAZUK We had different ideas of styles, but that created a variety. CLEONE KOCKRITZ If you are interested in writing, get out and live your life! Do a lot. See a lot. Keep your eyes an... 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Now we were going into an era of democracy... and I... ATHOL FUGARD It's been a long struggle. But we've made huge progress. I mean, when I started at Berkeley,... ARLIE RUSSELL HOCHSCHILD There are loads of actresses that modelled. They just weren't famous. There weren't a lot th... ANDIE MACDOWELL My war buddies, some were Americans, but some were Afghans. These were the guys that I fought alongs... ELLIOT ACKERMAN There's a lot of fear, people are afraid, ... I'm afraid, but (also) knowing that we're not in this ... FRANK DEANGELIS I don't look in the mirror and think that I have flaws. I actually look in the mirror and see me... ELISHA CUTHBERT Now as it gets into the mid to late 60's we found different outtakes or maybe a version of something... GEORGE HARRISON We took a lot of crazy shots that game and forced a lot of things that didn't work. Now we know we c... JULIAN SCOTT If it wasn't for KISS, there would be no Guns N' Roses. Bands like that made Guns N' Ros... 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BRIAN TRACY To punish drug takers is like a drunk striking the bleary face it sees in the mirror. Drugs will not... BRIAN INGLIS Decisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women. Almost any decision is better tha... BRIAN TRACY Whatever you dwell on in the conscious grows in your experience. BRIAN TRACY Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy. BRIAN TRACY We will always tend to fulfill our own expectation of ourselves. BRIAN TRACY No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be success... BRIAN TRACY Successful people are simply those with success habits. BRIAN TRACY Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you ... BRIAN TRACY Evil is something you recognize immediately you see it: it works through charm. BRIAN MASTERS How much we like ourselves governs our performance. BRIAN TRACY Trying is the internalization of the failure of omnipotence. BRIAN O'SHAUGNESSY Research is usually a policeman stopping a novel from progressing. BRIAN MOORE Practice, practice, practice until you eventually get numb on rejections. BRIAN KLEMMER Hostage is a crucifying aloneness. It is a silent, screaming slide into the bowels of ultimate despa... BRIAN KEENAN The world's made up of individuals who don't want to be heroes. BRIAN MOORE All successful people are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every resp... BRIAN TRACY Invest three percent of your income in yourself (self-development) in order to guarantee your future... BRIAN TRACY The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more lik... BRIAN TRACY I'll always be a Backstreet Boy. BRIAN LITTRELL I know who I am as a person, as a father, and as a husband. BRIAN LITTRELL I keep everything that is most important to me close to me: my family, my bible, my X-Box - just kid... BRIAN LITTRELL The fact is, they have to do their job. I may not support the war, but I support them no matter what... BRIAN LITTRELL I like being able to know what our fans are thinking about the material that is on the record, as we... BRIAN LITTRELL I'm not famous, I'm just in the spotlight more than you. BRIAN LITTRELL If you love someone put their name in a circle not a heart, because a heart can be broken, a circle ... BRIAN LITTRELL For me as an artist, like, when I see somebody put out a greatest-hits record, they're either finish... BRIAN LITTRELL I really believe that's one of the many reasons that God had put me right in the middle of the Backs... BRIAN LITTRELL Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. BRIAN LITTRELL Even people who aren't sick may not have optimal wellness. BRIAN CARTER I've heard claims that we can wish our way to perfect, permanent wellness, but I haven't seen any pr... BRIAN CARTER Your lifestyle - how you live, eat, emote, and think - determines your health. To prevent disease, y... BRIAN CARTER Competition creates better products, alliances create better companies. BRIAN GRAHAM If commerce is the engine of our economy, then advertising is the spark. Responsible advertisers are... BRIAN PHILCOX The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this i... BRIAN TRACY The silent majority distrusts people who believe in causes. BRIAN MOORE Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are alway... BRIAN TRACY The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image. BRIAN TRACY Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true. BRIAN TRACY We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives. BRIAN TRACY The closest to being in control we will ever be is in that moment that we realize we're not. BRIAN KESSLER Fall with awareness and acceptance. BRIAN KEST The more you are willing to accept responsibility for your actions, the more credibility you will ha... BRIAN KOSLOW Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try. BRIAN LITTRELL The best way to make a good deal is to have the ability to walk away from it. BRIAN KOSLOW Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are... BRIAN TRACY Science is the process that takes us from confusion to understanding... BRIAN GREENE Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outco... BRIAN ADAMS Engineers in the developed world should be arguing not for protectionism but for trade agreements th... BRIAN BEHLENDORF