Tom Petty Quotes
I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
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You know, I think I did originally have some sort of idea of maybe a Where Eagles Dare kind of mission against impossible odds, but it really sort of died before I had a chance to really go anywhere with it, and then just doing the book was out of the question.
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I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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I never give advice unless someone asks me for it. One thing I've learned, and possibly the only advice I have to give, is to not be that person giving out unsolicited advice based on your own personal experience.
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Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.
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Politics is the womb in which war develops.
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Like lots of women who marry young and find themselves mothers by the time they're 25, I felt I no longer had an identity.
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I truly believe diversity is beauty.
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There's a lot of females that hustle, just like men hustle.
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A bad system will beat a good person every time.
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The bee collects honey from flowers in such a way as to do the least damage or destruction to them, and he leaves them whole, undamaged and fresh, just as he found them.
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The one thing you can control is effort.
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I was in 'Goodwin Games,' which was canceled, and a few other things, so I kind of swore off television unless I was writing or producing it.
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Everybody thinks they know what art should be. But very few of them have the sense that is necessary to experience painting, that is the sense of sight, that sees colors and forms as living reality in the picture.
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If I made a mistake on a piece of content, I'm going to learn from it.
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It was so strange. I knew that Josephine Baker had performed on the same stage but that night I felt it. Many of the same people who worked with Josephine Baker are still here. They know what they're doing. And that was a very comfortable feeling.
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I played trumpet for about two weeks. Sixth grade. And I didn't practice. Maybe a little longer than two weeks, but I didn't practice and I was faking it.
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The big thing is that you know what you want.
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Only the descent into the hell of self-knowledge can pave the way to godliness.
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I've made it clear that I'm not taking special interest PAC money or accepting donations from lobbyists - ever. I want to represent the interests of the citizens.
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Everything has to be well thought out - what do you really need, when can you do with less coverage.
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There are natures that go to the streams of life in great cities as the hart goes to the water brooks.
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I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
