Tom Petty Quotes
I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
Quotes to Explore
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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As far as Israel, I am not worried about the relations between Israel and the United States.
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I couldn't speak any English when I first left Russia, and Intimissimi taught me everything. The team was like a family to me - they showed me how to model and how to stay in shape. They really believed in me.
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My parents had no money, but they had strong values that I've carried throughout my life - things like not going into debt, never borrowing money, never leveraging, paying your bills on time, keeping your agreements, selling customers the right things, treating employees right, and growing things.
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Few things are more enjoyable than lingering over the atlas and plotting a trip.
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When I started in California, people would say, 'Enterprise who?'
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It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.
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I do a lot for PETA. I do a lot of things I think are really important, I volunteer at school and I'm still amazed I can pay my bills because I feel like I don't work that much, I really don't.
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The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end.
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Social Security is fundamentally strong.
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I hope when I'm dead I'll be considered an icon, though.
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When you start using senses you've neglected, your reward is to see the world with completely fresh eyes.
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My mom and dad - they were always there. They were always on the set. They focused on our family life. The entertainment business wasn't the end-all. They weren't out to get the next big paycheck or the next big movie. It was about 'What can we do as a family.'
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First I opened a check account. I looked at the - I looked that there was nothing of yield. So I bought some bonds. It was a bond. When I bought this bond, it was duplicated in 10 years. I think it was 10 percent.
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Protectionism has to be avoided. Protectionism is not only on goods but also in the area of services. Financial protectionism is also bad and should be avoided.
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That books do not take the place of experience, and that learning is no substitute for genius, are two kindred phenomena; their common ground is that the abstract can never take the place of the perceptive.
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People mature at different stages and I feel I'm learning a lot.
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Our robots are signing up for online learning. After decades of attempts to program robots to perform complex tasks like flying helicopters or surgical suturing, the new approach is based on observing and recording the motions of human experts as they perform these feats.
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Teaching is listening, learning is talking.
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It's hard to write a comedy sketch.
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I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
