Tommy Bolin (Thomas Richard Bolin) Quotes
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I was an outsider, never quite part of what was going on, always looking in. It turned out to be great preparation for writing fiction.
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By the way, intelligence to me isn't just being book-smart or having a college degree; it's trusting your gut instincts, being intuitive, thinking outside the box, and sometimes just realizing that things need to change and being smart enough to change it.
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Relationships, like cars, should undergo regular services to make sure they are still roadworthy.
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The more of what our music does violates the premise of its format that it's presented in, the better. So, hearing our music in the supermarket, a Muzak version, is great.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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He who awaits much can expect little.
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Poetry leads us to the unstructured sources of our beings, to the unknown, and returns us to our rational, structured selves refreshed.
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Kids should speak to each other. They're horrid to each other online, they bully each other - they should shut up and stop it. The problem with social media is there is too much freedom. It's too much, too young.
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To put me through school my morn had to work, so I was a latchkey kid.
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I was gonna go broke if I didn't get things turned around real fast.
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We are all born mad. Some remain so.
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My mother is my hero.
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I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That's what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act.
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I don't know that I'd call myself an optimist.
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I get used to my fountain pens and my clothes, and I can never throw them away. I replace them only when I see that they are broken or embarrassing to wear.
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I always had the dream of flying, and the cheapest way is to become a skydiver.
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I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.
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Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.
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Imitation is not inspiration, and inspiration only can give birth to a work of art. The least of man's original emanation is better than the best of borrowed thought.
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When I was working, and when I was making substantial amounts of money, I always filed and paid my taxes. This only stopped, when it was necessary to withdraw from society, in order to guarantee the safety and well-being of myself and my family.
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With the guitar I've suffered a great deal, but when I've had a good time, the suffering seemed worthwhile.
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I can't do anything but play guitar.
