Tom DeLonge (Thomas Matthew DeLonge Jr.) Quotes
Everyone I talk to says stuff like, 'Music sucks today,' and I'm going to try and change all that.

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The options are war versus peace, and I am delighted that, so far, it appears that peaceful negotiation has won the day.
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I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.
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The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.
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The American Revolution was carried out in the name of the people, and it was supposedly 'We, the people,' who created the government that Americans still live under.
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I have vowed never to take antibiotics again unless I really need them. I also learned to pay attention to my body, know the difference between indigestion, an allergic reaction to food, a parasitic infection or worms. It's incredible how well I know my body. I really love that.
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I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.
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I buried Joel on our 48th anniversary. I had been with her since I was 16.
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Even in music concerts in Mumbai and different parts of the world, seats are reserved for sponsors.
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It's the persona that makes you a leading actor. A leading actor has something extra that's fun to watch. But it isn't usually about acting.
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Pacific Islands are among those that contribute least to global warming, yet suffer most.
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As a free-speech advocate, I believe that adults should have access to any material they want. As a parent, and a community member, I think people should be able to protect their homes from imagery - much of it violent - that is, I feel, a form of child abuse when adult society inflicts it upon children.
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Dub and reggae... I play that a lot around the house.
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Yoghurt cuts sweetness and richness, tempers spice, and makes a dish sing.
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What counts isn't the frame, it's what you put in it.
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I have been sustained by cane field, the cane plantation I have.
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It seemed like most of the memories faded before they had time to form. And after a while, my life with my father seemed like a familiar story or a distant dream.
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The idea that modernisation makes for enhanced national power and rapid progress and helps everyone achieve greater happiness has its origins in the astonishing political, economic and military successes of western Europe in the 19th century.
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Being Jewish is a big part of my artistic sensibility and my humor... I think it gives me a certain take on the world on a literary level.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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I got all my politics and culture and my sense of the great wide world of adults from 'Mad Magazine.' But all other comic books literally gave me a headache.
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Whenever you bring up women's internal workings, guys want to change the subject. Unless, of course, they're trying to change the laws.
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Whenever I make music, it reflects where I'm at mentally.
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Music has no effect on research work, but both are born of the same source and complement each other through the satisfaction they bestow.
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Everyone I talk to says stuff like, 'Music sucks today,' and I'm going to try and change all that.