Tom Scholz Quotes
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Ninety percent of the comic books I've written in the past had little or nothing to do with Islam.
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Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
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We are not going to turn our backs on people who have been persecuted, turn our backs on people who have been threatened by terror.
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I used to get a haircut every Saturday so I would never miss any of the comic books. I had practically no hair when I was a kid!
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Christianity, democracy, science, education, wealth, and the cumulative inheritance of a thousand years, have not preserved us from the vain repetition of history.
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I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.
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By admitting your inadequacies, you show that you're self-aware enough to know your areas for improvement - and secure enough to be open about them.
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I don't think I have a black-hat image.
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Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
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We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.
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I try not to eat too many raw vegetables. I only have one raw meal a day. At night I eat warm, cooked foods. I like to drink lots of tea, but no coffee. Not drinking coffee has changed my game for the better.
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Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realize there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I'm having dinner with.
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Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad worked in inner-city New York where a musical revolution was taking place - folk music, rock n' roll, gospel music. My sister taught me to sing. My brothers taught me to play.
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Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty.
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The mark of higher education isn't the knowledge you accumulate in your head. It's the skills you gain about how to learn.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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I don't think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But sometimes little bit short-sighted. They are mainly looking for their next vote.
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I will fight 'GGG,' and I will beat 'GGG,' but I will not be forced into the ring by artificial deadlines.
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I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more dreadful, somewhere much more exciting. Somewhere I feel I belong, possibly more than in the so-called real world.
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If one looks with a penetrating eye into the facts, he will clearly perceive that no two things are so closely akin as independence of action and freedom, because the bad man has a multitude of encumbrances, such as love of money or reputation and pleasure, while the good man has none at all. He stands defiant and triumphant.
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Those who are ready to sacrifice freedom for security ultimately will lose both.
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One of the challenges of commencement speeches is that you have this older, wiser person who is accomplished talking to young, not-yet-so-wise, not-yet-accomplished adults or, in high school or middle school, even younger.
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We need a free media, not just freedom of speech.
