Tom Green (Michael Thomas Green) Quotes
Everybody gets inspired by different things. I grew up wanting to go up the street with a video camera because I liked watching David Letterman yell out of the ninth floor of Rockefeller Center with a megaphone at people on the street. I thought that was a riot.

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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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I think what human beings need is to be able to laugh at the absurd, hold on to ambiguity, and learn to love nuance, instead of making everything one or the other, and structurally, so much of the Internet and online publishing doesn't have room for any of that.
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Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision.
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There is absolutely no reason in the world of blockchain to build in net settlement. It's like saying you have got a new Ferrari and we are going to put a lawnmower engine in it.
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If I watch 'Gone With the Wind,' I always find it interesting. I think, 'What's going to happen next? What's that character going to do?' But you know, you never really need to watch the films you made again. They stay inside you, always with you.
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I think that when we look at something that's well acted and a story that's well told, it allows us to be a mirror of who we are as human beings and as a culture, and offers a glimpse of where we're headed.
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All too many Muslims fail to grasp Islam, which teaches one to be lenient towards others and to understand their value systems, knowing that these are tolerated by Islam as a religion.
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Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.
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You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times.
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My job is to put myself out there. It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.
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You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.
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My commitment to the Republican movement was pure and simply patriotism, a love of Australia... a desire or passion that all of our national symbols should be unequivocally and unambiguously Australian.
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I didn't grow up in a wealthy family at all. Being at home all day and watching movies, that was a luxury.
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I'm here because of what I write. Obviously, I must know something.
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I like to encourage young talented writers to try and help them get published and so forth, but that's all. That's the best I can do.
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I want to let fans know how much I appreciate them and how much I appreciate them showing interest in our music and me personally.
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I do respond well to a director, a teacher - someone who doesn't accept mediocrity.
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Activists and geeks, standing together, are demonstrating powers beyond the reach of government control.
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I love to travel. This is the time for me. When will I do it if not now?
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If you look at history, and if you look at all these different things that have threatened the movie industry - from Betamax tape to DVDs to the Internet - in the end, it has always turned out right, because ultimately people want to see that stuff.
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My main goal as a songwriter is to make something that inspires people. To write things about my life that people can relate to. Whether it's a whole record or just one song for someone, I hope it can do that for them. Knowing that I have the ability to do that is inspiring to me.
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I'm a trained martial artist. My parents were both martial artists.
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Everybody gets inspired by different things. I grew up wanting to go up the street with a video camera because I liked watching David Letterman yell out of the ninth floor of Rockefeller Center with a megaphone at people on the street. I thought that was a riot.