Tommy Bolin (Thomas Richard Bolin) Quotes
All the different styles I've played have really helped me as a guitarist and helped me develop my own way of playing.
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Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.
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I don't do grey. I like my colour, my style.
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I have vowed never to take antibiotics again unless I really need them. I also learned to pay attention to my body, know the difference between indigestion, an allergic reaction to food, a parasitic infection or worms. It's incredible how well I know my body. I really love that.
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Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.
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I bought a company in the mid-'90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I've made lots of dumb decisions. That's part of the game.
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Most of the time, as a model, I feel like I'm just a doll. They control how I should move.
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Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.
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We shall heal our wounds, collect our dead and continue fighting.
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Shoes are important to me because I don't do much with my clothes.
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The sweetest thing a guy said is that I look pretty with or without makeup.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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If you spend 72 hours in a place you've never been, talking to people whose language you don't speak about social, political, and economic complexities you don't understand, and you come back as the world's biggest know-it-all, you're a reporter. Either that or you're President Obama.
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I missed the television train at some point. I don't know what happened, but now I've created a complex about it. I'm missing out on what everybody's watching, and now I can't even begin to think about starting to watch a television show because it's been so long. I don't even have a Netflix account.
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I like 'Star Wars.' I mean, I don't go to the conventions and dress up like Obi-Wan Kenobi or anything, but I like watching the movies.
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Trends come and go, and style evolves. It's important to have pieces of jewelry that are timeless and look chic despite ever-changing fashions.
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Events are not a matter of chance.
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The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts, but learning how to make facts live.
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I go on giving interviews because I've been brought up to support the projects I'm involved in. When you've enjoyed working on a production, you want to do them a favour.
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Compassion can change a lot of things, including the world. Young people especially need to know that, because they're the future.
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If you are going to think black, think positive about it. Don't think down on it, or think it is something in your way. And this way, when you really do want to stretch out and express how beautiful black is, everybody will hear you.
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I just wanted to see the wide world.
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It just was a gradual development over the years. I mean last year was 'all you need is love.' This year, it's 'all you need is love and peace, baby.' Give peace a chance, and remember Love. The only hope for us is peace. Violence begets violence. You can have peace as soon as you like if we all pull together. You're all geniuses, and you're all beautiful. You don't need anyone to tell you who you are. You are what you are.
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I'm embracing many different things, but it's all feel-good.
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All the different styles I've played have really helped me as a guitarist and helped me develop my own way of playing.
