Tom DeLonge (Thomas Matthew DeLonge Jr.) Quotes
Like millions of others, I have been plagued by the devastating effects of cancer hitting not one, but multiple members of my family.
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The thing about markets, and I think the thing people don't understand about that, is markets are not kind, but they're very efficient. So when the marketplace determines an inefficiency in the system, it corrects that, and a market system that's left alone will reward good behavior and punish bad behavior.
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.
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I discovered Einstein said the same thing about his celebrated theories of relativity that writers say about their work when he said he didn't have any feelings of personal possession of these ideas. Once they were out there, they came from somewhere else. And that's exactly the feeling when you write. You don't feel possessive about it.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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I think the kind of unexpected I really love is when you open books and the actual way of writing is different and interesting. Like reading Virginia Woolf for the first time or Lawrence Durrell for the first time.
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I feel fortunate that I'm able to play diverse roles. I don't think everybody in Hollywood gets the opportunity to do that.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
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We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.
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To light a candle is to cast a shadow.
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When I arrived to study at Oxford in October 1963, the bohemian style was black plastic or leather jackets for women and black leather or navy donkey jackets for men. I stuck to cavalry twills and a duffle coat, at least for a few months.
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A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
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Even before I competed in the Olympics, I always wanted to write a book.
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I've not sat with my agent going: 'Where is the next hopeless girl I can play?' They just come along.
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It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus.
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Dating is a numbers game. What we try to promise is good first dates. Once that first date happens, it's really up to you.
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I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing.
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I definitely get inspired by people who are disgusting on some level.
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Even if I play backgammon with my coach, I hate to lose. I won't talk to him for, like, an hour. So imagine how it feels when you lose at tennis. That makes me determined not to lose because I hate it so much. Even at a set down and match point, I always believe I can come back.
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We're like a really nice drink. We help people get through the day-we make life a little sunnier. I don't think we have any profound effect. If anybody has had a profound effect, it's The Beatles, and their effect is still minimal. There are things in the world way more important than music. Family is 50 times more important than music.
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I didn't grow up in a house - we moved a lot, and we always lived in apartments. But we looked a lot; we went to open houses almost every weekend. I think that's why I always wanted a house.
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Like millions of others, I have been plagued by the devastating effects of cancer hitting not one, but multiple members of my family.
