Tom Petty Quotes
Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?
Quotes to Explore
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The single most powerful element of youth is our inability to know what's impossible.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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I was a normal American nerd.
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When you go to jail, there's so much simple stuff missing. You just want some good toilet paper or a real toothbrush, a real blanket and a real bed to lay in.
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I don't have the activist temperament. I like listening to divergent points of view and hearing people out. I like getting along. I even like being liked, although activists of any stripe should get rid of that handicap at the outset.
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I'm in favour of religion as a tamer of arrogance. For a Greek Orthodox, the idea of God as creator outside the human is not God in God's terms. My God isn't the God of George Bush.
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Gooseberries aren't just for creamy desserts and pies.
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Whenever I have a bad day I just think of these people.
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How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?
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I've always been interested in any kind of great music, and African music is, I think, the source of it all.
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Slowly but surely, we have much better female roles to play and to choose from.
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Once in awhile, there's stuff that makes me say, That's what theatre's about. It has to be a human event on the stage, and that doesn't happen very often.
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Growing up, me and my brother, we were kind of exact opposites. We were completely yin and yang. He was more rough and tumble, and I just wanted to play with my girlfriends.
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I have stopped having goals. If you have many goals, and you don't reach your goals, it is very upsetting, so I just think of keeping it simple, working hard and going and playing the game. But I know there are going to be very important series for Indian cricket. I will just try my best to be in my fittest form.
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You British plundered half the world for your own profit. Let's not pass it off as the Age of Enlightenment.
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I can't change the world. I have to fix me.
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Hence money may be dirt, although dirt is not money.
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Cinco de Mayo is an important day. The Mexicans had to defend themselves from the French. It is historically significant, but it is not Mexican Independence Day.
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Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?
