Tom Petty Quotes
The waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is hardest part.
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Like a cyclone, imperialism spins across the globe; militarism crushes peoples and sucks their blood like a vampire.
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Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work.
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Once you're signed to a label you compromise.
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Among my generation, there was a purist position that any contact with electoral politics was an unforgiveable compromise.
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We're not ever interested in repeating ourselves or doing what people expect us to do, it's such a turn off.
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The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.
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I had been keeping an off eye on the advertising field, thinking I might become an idea man and a copywriter.
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Remember that we are all human beings trying to do what we love to do.
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Great amount of scientific research is there to show that health is better because transcendental meditation deals with consciousness, and consciousness is the basic value of all the physical expressions. The entire creation is the expression of consciousness.
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There are a lot of mindless moments in my tunes.
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I have always battled injustice. As a child, I used to fight on the side of my friends when boys terrorized them.
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I feel very grateful to be alive and well enough to make music.
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I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.
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You have to fight for your health and stay on top of it. Our bodies are meant to be healthy.
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Sometimes I'm more stubborn than I am smart.
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I think the only way to maintain profitability is to meet the needs of the customers.
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The University of Southern California has a wonderful social work department, and I was thrilled to find out that they have a whole veterans' initiative program there. They approached me, and I set up a scholarship that would go to a military-oriented person to learn techniques and skills to better help veterans.
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Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.
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For many older Americans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, a lifetime of discrimination has undermined their right to a retirement with dignity.
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I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs. They all find their place in the world, but they all start off in the same place. I'm always painting and drawing as well, and it's an ongoing creative assignment.
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Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.
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I think that Frank Sinatra was maybe the greatest pop singer.
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I've always felt so fortunate to have writing to turn to every day. I'm obsessed with it.
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The waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is hardest part.
