Tom DeLonge (Thomas Matthew DeLonge Jr.) Quotes
The first song I sent over was Up All Night. People say that sounds like Angels on a Blink record. Well, no - that's just me!
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People said, 'How could you walk away from music?' But being a dad - there's nothing that can touch that.
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Relationships, it seems to me, are timeless. What works between two people always works; what doesn't is always troublesome. Over time, people learn - or not - how to negotiate what's difficult, but that doesn't mean the misfit has gone away entirely.
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Cinema is changing every week, and multiplex audiences are demanding every week.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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What I think I have in common with the school of deconstruction is the mode of negative thinking or negative awareness, in the technical, philosophical sense of the negative, but which comes to me through negative theology.
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Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.
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My mom was Jewish, so some would call me Jewish.
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At the U.N., I routinely encounter countries that do not want to impose sanctions or even to enforce those already on the books. The hard-line sanctions skeptics have their own self-interested reasons for opposing sanctions, but they ground their opposition in claims that America uses sanctions to inflict punishment for punishment's sake.
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I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion.
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The next time you see an outside day with a down close lower than the previous day, don't get scared, get ready to buy!
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My first endeavor was to save the core of the German system of justice: the independent judiciary.
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Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.
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People tend to dwell more on negative things than on good things. So the mind then becomes obsessed with negative things, with judgments, guilt and anxiety produced by thoughts about the future and so on.
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It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
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I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I started reading some of the books, I was so impressed.
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Outlining is not writing. Coming up with ideas is not writing. Researching is not writing. Creating characters is not writing. Only writing is writing.
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Jerusalem is not just a beautiful city: the challenge is to show that Jerusalem can be shared in peace and respect.
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When you produce and direct, your movies are different to you. They're not just something you act in.
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There are no unwinnable wars.
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Hollywood can be a really tough environment for anyone trying to make a living. Unfortunately for actors of color, namely Asian Americans, opportunities have been and remain substantially limited. One place this is not the case is on 'Hawaii Five-0,' where we have three Asian American series regulars and a landscape rich with diversity.
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After graduating college, I finally allowed myself to strive for what I loved to do, even if there were no guarantees that I would be able to make a living off of acting. This, combined with my life experiences prior - like stars aligning - led me to this lovely role of Katana within the DC Comics universe.
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You can say, "I don't believe in anything," but you do because you believe in nothing. That is your belief system.
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The first song I sent over was Up All Night. People say that sounds like Angels on a Blink record. Well, no - that's just me!
