Tom Petty Quotes
I want to be successful. Not just money. Just making a successful record and a successful show... I could feel successful without selling a million records.
Quotes to Explore
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That is what fame is, isn't it? To get the world to fall in love with you.
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One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills.
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Over the next few years the boardrooms of America are going to light up with hot flashes.
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People are intrigued when they discover you date a footballer - women especially.
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Accepting your own mortality is like eating your vegetables: You may not want to do it, but it's good for you.
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Obviously Hall & Oates wasn't overlooked by the masses in terms of the record sales.
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To be smart on crime, we should not be in a position of constantly reacting to crime after it happens. We should be looking at preventing crime before it happens.
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The thing I love is that my home life hasn't changed. I still help out with the garbage. I still help out with the lawn.
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I'm a huge Wong Kar-Wai fan.
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It's much like playing jazz, flying. It's multitasking in real time. You have a number of instruments that alone won't tell you exactly what the airplane is doing but together give you a picture of everything that's going on.
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I am about safety for the people and the planet.
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'Halal in the Family' will expose a broad audience to some of the realities of being Muslim in America. By using satire, we will encourage people to reconsider their assumptions about Muslims, while providing a balm to those experiencing anti-Muslim bias. I also hope those Uncles and Aunties out there will crack a smile!
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Canadians are very well behaved, they don't throw their food.
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A big part of my life is music education because it changed my life - but arts, academics and athletics should all be equally treated in the school.
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Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
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A story is a story is a story. The only difference is in the techniques you bring to bear. There are always limitations on what you can and can't do. But I enjoy that. Just like when you write a sonnet or haiku, there are rules you have to abide by. And to me, playing within the rules is the fun part. It keeps the brain fresh.
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I love Audrey Hepburn, early Brooke Shields, and Madonna's eyebrows. I think it's beautiful if women look soft and touchable instead of hard, sharp and aggressively groomed.
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The people that I admire have a wonderful balance of self-belief and humility.
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I was completely naive about the business of being an actor. My family didn't go to the theater or to the movies. We watched television like every 1960s small-town American family, and I certainly never thought about being on TV. I thought I was going to be a classical actor in the grand tradition.
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God is the place of spirits, as spaces are the places of bodies.
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I would like to congratulate Steve. It was an extraordinary flight. I'm not very happy about losing my own record but I can't think of a nicer guy to take it.
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I can’t play a show without acknowledging why I’m playing the show.
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The people who run things are so successful in the way they do it now. They could buy me off with a couple of vintage prints, they could have you do an ad, or give you a ribbon... In capitalist countries they reward artists because we're ineffectual.
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I want to be successful. Not just money. Just making a successful record and a successful show... I could feel successful without selling a million records.
