Pete Wentz Quotes
Fear owns me because I let it. Because I obsess over it, name it, raise it, and nurture it to become perfect. It is one of the few things in my life that I can control.
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If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.
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At first, I found the music I was making really hard to find a home for. I felt like my attitude was really British, but not the actual sounds I was making. Back in 2003, when I made 'Galang,' there were no clubs that had an 'anything and everything' attitude.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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I think we have to pay attention to the Arab masses not just in the Gulf States, but also in the hinterlands.
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As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
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One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children at such expense to themselves.
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The thought that all experience will be lost at the moment of my death makes me feel pain and fear... What a waste, decades spent building up experience, only to throw it all away... We remedy this sadness by working. For example, by writing, painting, or building cities.
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'The Notebook' is one of my favorite love stories.
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I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.
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You're always facing the top defenders in this league. To go out there and do your best, that's all you can ask for.
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A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.
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I give 110% while I am working. I know I do, because I have been doing this since I was nine. This is a way of life for me. So whether it be successful or not is not in my hands. I still do my job, the best I can.
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When my dad, Tommy Tucker Kelly, was about six, he started out with his dad on 'The Black and White Minstrel' Shows.
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I contend, most seriously, that there is a real need for a good, thick, complete-as-possible dictionary of 'What People Used to Call Things.'
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Only conviction sells. Well, when we are insecure, we really don't have that 100 percent conviction. Once we have it, we can tide over everything.
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I'm shy, but not on a one-to-one basis. Over the years, I have become acclimatised to a bit of publicity.
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'Shocking' is like a bolt from the blue. It is something external that ruptures your world.
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Sailing is such a variable sport. There could be no wind, or there could be 25 knots. You never know what you're going to get.
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When I was a little boy in Tijuana, it was wonderland. We left when I was probably four - I was dying of tuberculosis.
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I think that was another good day for Dany. Winning the game makes it a better day.
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If I go to Singapore, I have friends there. If they came to Zambia, they'd feel the same way. I've made connections, and I have friends in many, many countries.
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I'm a sucker for turquoise sea, white beaches and palm trees. I've been to the tropics every year since I could afford it. It's the perfect place to unwind. I can chill out, read, do a bit of yoga.
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We are suffering with rain, strong wind. The fear is not gone from us. It is very, very hard.
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Fear owns me because I let it. Because I obsess over it, name it, raise it, and nurture it to become perfect. It is one of the few things in my life that I can control.
