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.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • People
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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.

  

  Rafael Yglesias
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• Cinema is changing every week, and multiplex audiences are demanding every week.

  

  Irrfan Khan
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• When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.

  

  W. Clement Stone
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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.

  

  Harold Bloom
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• Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.

  

  Adam Hochschild
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• My mom was Jewish, so some would call me Jewish.

  

  Nathan Lane
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  • Mom
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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.

  

  Samantha Power
  • America
  • Want
  • Punishment

• 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.

  

  Barry Williams
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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!

  

  Larry Williams
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• My first endeavor was to save the core of the German system of justice: the independent judiciary.

  

  Hans Frank
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• Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
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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.

  

  Eckhart Tolle
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• It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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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.

  

  Kate DiCamillo
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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.

  

  Harlan Coben
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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.

  

  Federica Mogherini
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• When you produce and direct, your movies are different to you. They're not just something you act in.

  

  Campbell Scott
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• My morning rituals are typical. I wake up yearning for a few extra moments of rest. I express gratitude to a higher power for the breath in my body and the blessings in my life. I shower. I dress. I eat breakfast. I exchange laughter and words with my beloveds, embracing each other as we say our daily goodbyes.

  

  Patrisse Cullors
  • Life
  • Up
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• I'm a composer, and therefore I know when I've written a good tune. When you've written a good song is when you know that the lyric is completely coalesced with the song.

  

  Andrew Lloyd Webber
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• Lyrically and thematically, the title 'Doctor Faith', that song is about therapy, psychotherapy, and that song is about emotions and personal insight. I think all the songs on the record sort of go along with that.

  

  Christopher Cross
  • Song
  • Faith

• I've achieved more than some people do in a lifetime, but it doesn't mean I've done it all.

  

  Aaron Taylor-Johnson
  • People
  • Done
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• Playwrights are the most gregarious writers - to get our work done, we need actors, directors, set designers.

  

  Katori Hall
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  • Done

• 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!

  

  Tom DeLonge Blink-182
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