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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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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Conviction without experience makes for harshness.
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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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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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Sometimes I feel like a man; sometimes I feel like a child.
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If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it.
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I would like to cite an instance which proves the efficacy of clean living on the part of an athlete coupled with the inspiration received from a champion which go a long way to making a champion.
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I am expressing myself truthfully. That is an important thing.
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For months, Obama administration officials attacked Snowden's motives and said the work of the NSA was distorted by selective leaks and misinterpretations.
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You may be surprised to discover you're rich, especially if you're broke.
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I'm old-school English, so I suppose I'm quite protective - especially of time. Now that I'm a father, every moment is precious.
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The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws.
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I think it's a human tendency that's been around for a while to try to be as good as possible to prove your worth.
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You don't even have to be able to talk. Just sing and get famous. 'Cause James Brown's been singin' 30 years. I don't know what the fuck James is talkin' about!
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'When I was out in the bars drinking and fighting I was a little bit less of a peacemaker than I would be if I'd had a coupla hits of a joint and gone and laid down somewhere.'
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We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
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The people did not talk about reciprocal concessions but demanded liberties and guarantees, which brought inevitably in many sectors a crueler war than the French would have waged otherwise.
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A movie I must have seen 10 times is 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull.' It's an old movie, but still such a beautiful message. If I had only one film I could take on my computer on a desert island, I would take 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull.'
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It just seems to useless to have to work so hard, and nothing ever really seem to come from it.
