Tom Petty Quotes
Any time you're making a living at what you love to do, you're blessed.
Quotes to Explore
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Age for me is just a number.
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I don't like to rate myself; others can do that.
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Architecture must not do violence to space or its neighbors.
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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
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If you're going to make a sequel to 'Sicario', you have to - you know, you've got to go beat a brand new path.
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I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.
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It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.
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In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled that individual communities should set obscenity standards. Whenever a case is tried, it will be based on a community standard for that particular place.
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The thing about Drew Goddard and Mike Schur is that they are legit geniuses, and they love storytelling. They love creating worlds, love messing with the audience; they love doing things that we don't expect. To get to be a part of that is too good to be true.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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If you are ambitious to talk well, you must be as much as possible in the society of well-bred, cultured people. If you seclude yourself, though you are a college graduate, you will be a poor converser.
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I'm not really into weight training.
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Pop songs are not as graceful as they used to be. Performers today haven't gone through the regimen of learning how to write. And of course, everyone wants to own copyrights.
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Before training, I eat slow-release energy food, such as porridge or muesli, especially in the morning. Afterwards, I eat protein so my muscles are able to recover, such as a protein bar followed by a meal of chicken and vegetables. I always stay hydrated during workouts by drinking plenty of water throughout.
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Something I like to do a lot is just sit by water when there's a current and just stare into the water. I don't fish, I don't hunt, I don't scuba, I don't spear, don't boat, don't play basketball or football - I excel at staring into space. I'm really good at that.
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The middle class is so funny, it's the class I know best, and it's the class where you find the most pretension, so that's what makes the middle classes so funny.
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Sometimes shooting on a smaller scale, as long as things don't blow out of proportion, is very liberating.
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The people in the Upper Midwest were the same kind of people I grew up around in Idaho.
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If someone gives you an opportunity, you better maximize it so that he wants to give you the next one.
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The typical American citizen is the business man. The typical business man is a bad citizen; he is busy. If he is a 'big business man' and very busy, he does not neglect; he is busy with politics, oh, very busy and very businesslike.
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Any time you're making a living at what you love to do, you're blessed.
