Tom Petty Quotes
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To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
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Body experience... is the centre of creation.
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It's simply untrue that religion provides the only framework for a universal morality.
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I want to thank the many Missourians who have reached out to me and asked me to consider running for the United States Senate.
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When I am behind and I am looking ahead and there is that line in front of you, of that guy, of winning and losing, then I really hang it out there and take big risks to make the speed up, and then I'm pretty good at passing.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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I actually have a fear of the water because I nearly drowned. I got caught in a rip tide, and I wasn't a good swimmer because that was when I was emigrating from England to Australia.
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I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
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There are complications in relationships between men and women. There always will be.
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I have always said that often the religion you were born with becomes more important to you as you see the universality of truth.
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A Tea Party tidal wave is coming.
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I've learned never say never.
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It's really important to find something you really enjoy - something you can focus on and be good at.
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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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I write music every day.
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Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
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When I was a child, I was one of the kids who wore black all the time, and when the kids asked me why I wore black, I said things like, 'I'm mourning the death of modern society.' I mean, I was a riot.
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Facts always are sensational.
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There are plenty of problems in the world, and doubtless climate change - or whatever the currently voguish phrase for it all is - certainly is one of them. But it's low on my list.
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Tradition is important when it contains moments of change, when it is not just outward form and when it also implies an idea of what goes on inside a building, of conflicts and a potential for innovation. Otherwise tradition just means being stuck in a rut.
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I would have done well as a gypsy child, I think. A circus baby. I coulda played a great street urchin or ragamuffin. Or just been one. I certainly liked entertaining people and making jokes, but I don't know necessarily if that's what your child is prone to that you should necessarily put them in a real working industry at six years old.
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When I'm hungry, I eat. When I'm thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it.
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He don't wanna change, what don't need to change.
