Tom Petty Quotes
You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don't have to live like a refugee.
Quotes to Explore
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I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant person - really.
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It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.
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This is precisely why you choose to run for office and get elected. You're asking the people to let you be their voice. I don't think there is a more powerful and intense experience than the opportunity to be the voice of the 307 million people living in this country.
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Orchestra had a little brass ensemble on two tracks as well, but the rest was me. I knew I couldn't continue in this direction, even if people liked it, because I can only duplicate myself.
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We may say most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves.
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You have to find out how to become the character.
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Ah, I am thinking people put more in their prayers than was ever put in them by God.
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I'm not desperately looking for a man, but I'm sure one of these days, I'll find my Mr. Right.
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Let us unite the world through the compassion for our children.
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I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.
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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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The first concert that my parents took me to was in this canyon in Saudi Arabia called Buttermilk Canyon. You sleep under the stars in the desert, and ex-pats - German, Swiss, Canadian, American - would play classical music that filled the whole canyon.
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It seems like the good things that have happened in my career are things that you don't try to plan and push, and make it happen, it just seems to happen.
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I'll put you through hell, but at the end of it all we'll be champions.
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Date syrup is a natural sweetener that has wonderful richness and treacly depth; I drizzle it over semolina porridge.
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Sometimes I even now feel like a stranger in my country. But I knew there would be problems because I had seen the world as a skater. And now? A lot of people in eastern Germany have lost jobs, rents went up, food costs went up, unemployment went to 20 percent. Freedom is good, but it is not easy.
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When I first came into the league, I followed my parents for everything. Now, I'm really doing stuff on my own.
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If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
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Palestinians have had to live for a long time with the fact that Israelis had power over them in their everyday lives.
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Men come and go - God knows they certainly have in my life - but girlfriends are for ever. I have a lot of girlfriends but only a few very, very close ones.
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You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don't have to live like a refugee.
