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Tom Jones Quotes

I come from a coal-mining, working-class background. My father was a coal miner.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: welsh
Birth: June 7, 1940

Topics

Father Coal Background Come Miner

It is a remarkable fact in the political history of man that there is scarcely an instance of a free constitutional government which has been the work exclusively of foresight and wisdom. They have all been the result of a fortunate combination of circumstances.

John C. Calhoun

Work Wisdom History Man Government

As far as being onstage, commanding presence, I've always looked up to people like Axl Rose and Freddie Mercury and Paul Stanley - the rock gods. I've always wanted to be able to achieve that level of commanding nature onstage and really leading people at a show.

Nature People Rose Achieve Rock Up

It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win.

John Paul Jones

Nature Law Win Chance Will Risk

Also the pictures themselves give a visual to the audience tuning in, that makes them a very important part of law enforcement, or pulling families together.

Together Law Law Enforcement Pictures

In network TV, you have to present the box before you can step outside it.

Step Present You Outside Box Before

I love kids, but they are a tough audience.

Love Tough Audience Kids I Love

Anticipating that most poetry will be worse than carrying heavy luggage through O'Hare Airport, the public, to its loss, reads very little of it.

Poetry Loss Airport Will Heavy Most

I have a strong, inspiring, and professional group of women around me with Boels-Dolmans. We race and train incredibly hard as a team.

Lizzie Armitstead

Women Me Team Strong Professional

As scary as it was being raised by one Jewish mother, I have to feel for my kids because they have two Jewish mothers.

Mother Feel Two Scary Jewish Kids

When you go looking for rescue, you end up trapped in your own weakness.

Looking End Weakness You Go Trapped

My father always told me that story was first and foremost. We would watch not just his films but a lot of classic American films. My father was a great David Lean fan, and David Lean's one of my favorite directors. We would discuss films endlessly.

Christopher Rouse

Father Great Me Story American Just

All I could think about was, 'I just wanna blow him away. I wanna make him proud, because I really wanna sign with Timbaland and spend the rest of my career making music with Tim.'

Music Rest Proud Think Career Him

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