Tom Petty Quotes
Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.
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Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.
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You should never ask, 'What would the readers like now?' Instead, you should ask, 'What would I like if I was a reader?' And then you must trust your own mind.
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I didn't have a sweet tooth, but I liked butter, and I liked sauces, and I liked wine... and curry... and cheeses.
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According to the situation, your role changes in one-day cricket, especially in a phase like the Powerplay. If I bowl four spells, four times I will be playing a different role. If I come in the first Powerplay, and say the opposition are 70 for no loss after 10 overs, I will be looking to take a wicket.
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I've been an assistant for seven years now and I haven't had one head coaching interview. I'm doing something wrong.
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In the summer you want fresh, light and sort of quick things; in winter you want things that are comforting, so your body really tells you you want to go towards potatoes, apples, fennel, things that are warm and comforting. And loin of pork.
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I was raised as a Christian but the transaction has to be made by yourself - you and God - at some point.
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I am in discussions with a label. We are talking about doing something.
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I never sort of thought of myself as a comedy writer, by nature.
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I'm just like everyone. I like to feel togetherness with someone.
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The greatest thing about where my life is right now is it's very relaxed and chill. I'm just hanging out, being myself and doing my work.
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I learn the most from trial and error. I learn about what I'd like to be able to do from people like Barbara Mason. Saying I want to sing like Barbara Mason and doing it, it's two very different scenarios.
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It depends how lenient you are with your definition of artist. If you're going to include those who tap dance at the high school recital, then maybe I am.
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There's a good chance that in 40 years, after the floods, people zipping by on scavenged jetpacks with their scavenged baseball caps on backwards, I will be in my rocking chair saying bitterly, 'I remember when 'all right' was two words.'
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You need to listen to your body because your body is listening to you.
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It is the parents duty to intervene when they see wrong choices being made.
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Sometimes I feel like tap-dancing, screeching, unscrewing light bulbs, pulling curtains, combing hair, doing knee bends, handstands and turning somersaults out there.
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I've been really fortunate to be able to do different kinds of films in different scales, different genres, different kinds of roles, and that is important to me.
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The snag in being married to a person who knows more or less everything is that one gets hopelessly lazy. ... I never look things up in books because all I need to do is ask him, and when he gives me the answers I don't properly commit them to memory because I know if I forget all I have to do is to ask him again. It is rather like keeping one's brain in a suitcase.
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Our salvation lies not in knowing, but in creating!
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Salvation is too heavy a load for a child to carry.
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Studies show that over 80 percent of Americans do not have their dream job. If more knew how to build organizations that inspire, we could live in a world in which that statistic was the reverse - a world in which over 80 percent of people loved their jobs. People who love going to work are more productive and more creative. They go home happier and have happier families. They treat their colleagues and clients and customers better. Inspired employees make for stronger companies and stronger economies.
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In the dust of defeat as well as the laurels of victory there is a glory to be found if one has done his best.
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Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.
