Tom Petty Quotes
Just wondering, waiting, worrying about some silly little things, that just don't add up to nothin'.
Quotes to Explore
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We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.
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It works both ways: there are victims of tragedy who come to me who have experienced grief of such magnitude that they cannot reconcile. Likewise, I cannot change the mentality of those who committed the crimes or the fools who followed them.
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If a man is pictured chopping off a woman's breast, it only gets a R rating, but if, God forbid, a man is pictured kissing a woman's breast, it gets an X rating. Why is violence more acceptable than tenderness?
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There's a play that Chekhov wrote called 'Uncle Vanya,' and I when I was in school, I played Sonya, and sometimes people ask me if there was ever a role I could play again, that's definitely the role I would play again: Sonya in 'Uncle Vanya.'
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Cancer stops you in your tracks. It really makes you think about what's important. In a second, life can change. Don't ever forget to say thank you for love and family. What good is your success without them?
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His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork.
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I love spin classes. I'm also very big on music, so I make a mix on my iPod that's 45 minutes to an hour long of music that pumps me up so I know how much time I've been at the gym without looking at the clock. Put your favorite songs towards the end of the mix, so this way you keep going until you hear your favorite song.
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We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
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I am a ball player in the summer and a farmer in the winter time, and I aim to be a success at both professions.
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
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I wanted to only create a great perfume, not any perfume that would sell, but a great artistic one that the fans would not feel cheated by.
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I don't think tennis is a glamour game, not at all.
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I was a heart surgeon before I came to Congress, and I've worked many holidays on behalf of my patients.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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Writing is a strange and solitary activity. There are dispiriting times when you start working on the first few pages of a novel. Every day, you have the feeling you are on the wrong track. This creates a strong urge to go back and follow a different path. It is important not to give in to this urge but to keep going.
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In man (as the only rational creature on earth) those natural capacities which are directed to the use of his reason are to be fully developed only in the race, not in the individual.
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My experience is that as soon as people are old enough to know better, they don't know anything at all.
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If you are a black person growing up in America, chances are pretty good that you have experienced the police pulling you over in front of your mother's house because you 'had a headlight out.'
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The oldest and most important currency is debt.
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You can't find the answers on the bottom of a whiskey glass, but if you look hard enough you'll forget the questions.
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Frustration is a function of our expectations, and our expectations are often a reflection of the social mirror rather than our own values and priorities.
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In the U.K. there is still work to be done, particularly in schools, stopping the homophobic bullies in the playground and introducing unbiased discussion on gay issues in the classroom.
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Just wondering, waiting, worrying about some silly little things, that just don't add up to nothin'.
