Tommy Bolin (Thomas Richard Bolin) Quotes
I want the new band to work together for a while, and when we're ready we'll invite every major record company to see us.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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If someone has failed, that is not a deficiency for me. I think that he has more motivation. I've seen many examples where someone was successful first and failed later and failed first and then succeeded. If they failed in an honest way, I don't see it as a deficiency.
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
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When it comes to power, God Himself is the power. God often uses foolish things to confound the wise. That is why people like me will ever be grateful to God. In terms of knowledge, education and name, I am nowhere - a neglected stone.
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In the mess of moving from place to place, I skipped two grades in the space of one year.
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My fans are so loving and encouraging. They're with me on good days and bad days.
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I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best.
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I wish to say that we Anarchists have never changed our position. We are Anarchists as of old and still pursue the same ideals.
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Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
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When people are poor, they find ways of making things taste like fish.
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You who speak languages, you are such liars.
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I like to have friends in the kitchen and make a big mess and use every pot in the kitchen.
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I went from not knowing anything to becoming really curious and wanting to know and respecting people in the industry, realizing how hard they work. I will always be thankful for 'Top Model' for that.
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Never fight an inanimate object.
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I look at other people my age in this industry, other famous people my age, and they've just got famous friends. Which is cool, but I love being normal and just chilling at mine.
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Giving children a fair chance to achieve their dreams and reach their potential is everyone's responsibility.
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I was always pretty decent at fast stick work or doing stuff that seems impressive that's not really; I was pretty tasteful and had good ideas musically. But I had a terrible sense of tempo, which is like being a blind painter. The conductor would just rip into me, and it lasted for years.
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Growing up my dad was like 'Zach, you have a great last name: Galifianakis... Galifianakis... Begins with a 'gal', ends with a 'kiss''... I'm like 'That's great, Dad. Can we get it changed to 'Galifiana-fuck' please?'
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Things take longer to happen than you think they will and then they happen faster than you think they will.
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Something about 'Battlestar' that I didn't realize when I took the job was this whole bubble aspect of closing people in and seeing what they do.
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I look around and pay attention to what around me is not being talked about, and then I talk about it with as much humour and honesty as I can. All my books have been that way.
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The first time I heard a Billie Holiday record, I thought, 'What's so great about Billie Holiday?'
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I don't like people. I don't like any kind of people. When you get them together in a big lump they all get nasty and dirty and full of trouble. So I don't like people including you. That's what a misanthropist is.
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I want the new band to work together for a while, and when we're ready we'll invite every major record company to see us.
