Tom Petty Quotes
It just seems to useless to have to work so hard, and nothing ever really seem to come from it.
Quotes to Explore
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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You think about taking audiences on a journey.
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At a young age, I had to give up a lot of things, like being able to hang out with my friends.
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When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.
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I like beautiful clothing. I love Bergdorfs.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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Movies are really hard to make. You put a lot of work into them, and you want people to see them.
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God be praised for his gracious long suffering towards me in sparing my life so long. Grant, gracious God, that I may make a good use of the time that thou mayest be pleased yet to grant me for repentance.
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Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time.
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Conviction without experience makes for harshness.
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Obama is a great man who's just beginning to understand the realities. And I'm not just saying that because he reads my books. I would have voted for him anyway.
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I have deep emotions about the American people. If I were to cry for anything, I would cry for them and the policies that they're about to face.
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Let there be great enthusiasm for the plan throughout the entire republic that will overcome all obstacles. Let us join together to realize the Five Year Plan and bring our economy and our own living standards to previously unknown heights.
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I was so excited to work with Ridley Scott. Who wouldn't be?
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As a kid I read Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and a few others. As an adult have admired Leonardo da Vinci's drawings and notebooks.
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I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.
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Sometimes I feel like a man; sometimes I feel like a child.
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I became a vegetarian at 15. I was always an animal lover and, as a teenager, became increasingly uncomfortable with the idea of eating meat. It was then that I started to research vegetarianism.
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A script is a unique literary form, because it's not the end product; it's a blueprint. If you're not thinking of that end product, there's going to be a disconnect.
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People don't care about what someone says about you in a movie - or even what you say, right? They care about what you build. And if you can make something that makes people's life better, then that's something that's really good.
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It is hard for a black man to just be himself. We spend so much time in defense of something that is indefensible because there is nothing to defend.
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If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, 'you know, we're alright. We are dang near royalty.'
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I loved music and dance, and that was exciting to me.
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It just seems to useless to have to work so hard, and nothing ever really seem to come from it.
