Tom DeLonge (Thomas Matthew DeLonge Jr.) Quotes
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I'm just a black hole for stuff. No one should ever hand me anything, because I get so easily distracted. I'll be like, 'Oh, look, something shiny!' I'm glad I never learned how to drive. I would be really dangerous.
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The FHA literally drew up the redlining map and then basically distributed - I'm sorry, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation actually did it, and then distributed to banks who used that as policy to determine how they would lend and who they would lend to. The racism in the system was pervasive and total.
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I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated.
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Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state's budget around.
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The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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I've probably read more bad science fiction than anyone else alive. But I've also read more good science fiction than anyone else alive.
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Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
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Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.
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A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened.
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I try to write in the mornings, as soon as I'm up and caffeinated, and to stay in the chair as long as I can be productive.
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When I was in second grade, my mother moved from Miami to this evangelical conservative environment in western North Carolina, two miles down the road from Billy Graham and his wife, Ruth.
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I look at other people my age in this industry, other famous people my age, and they've just got famous friends. Which is cool, but I love being normal and just chilling at mine.
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Actually, I'm 5-8 and change without shoes. With shoes, 5-9.
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I didn't have any particular talent for fiction. I took a class in college.
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I still like to walk around and take photographs, but it's hard to do that if a lot of people are looking at you.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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The second fundamental feature of culture is that all culture has an element of striving.
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Edinburgh has a similar climate to Bergen - it's very rainy and grey. There were a lot of days I'd sit inside in front of the computer, make music, and dream about summer - instead of the rainy reality outside.
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I like to read and listen to music and go for walks and travel and see art. I enjoy cooking and eating and spending time with my family. I don't really find myself searching for things on the television very much.
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With electronic music, you are not confined to the acoustics of a concert-hall, and that inspired me to bring my performances outdoors.
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Records aren't selling anymore; people are burning music.
