Tom Petty Quotes

Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I'm concerned, that's success.

Tom Petty

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An editor named Kerrie Hughes wanted me to write a short story that brought my fire-spider Smudge from my goblin books into the present-day world. I came up with libriomancy as a way to make that happen.

Jim C. Hines

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This act demonstrates graphically a turning away the past and moving ahead. You now get to refresh your time in a friendly way by running with the watch instead of against it or away from it.

Joe Henderson

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I love reporting stories that the Complex refuses to report.

Andrew Breitbart

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Writing about our gods in English is unnatural, but I believe language is just a carrier - a means to an end.

Amish Tripathi

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Honestly, I'm, like, the least religious person in the world.

Stephen McCauley

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I speak up when it's needed.

Torrey Smith

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The people who were in college in the '50s were my first real audience, and their kids, the people who found my records in the cabinet during their 'Mad 'magazine years picked me up also.

Tom Lehrer

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The best part is seeing my kids grow and become individuals, and the fact that they're happy and well-adjusted.

Martina McBride

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I love a bit of glamour - who doesn't? - but I probably wouldn't be able to pull it off.

Julia Sawalha

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My husband is a musician, and 'Paste' is one of his favorite places to be interviewed by.

Claire Coffee

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My friend... used to tease me about a tattoo I had right here, but it was so big, and what he was teasing me about - he said it looked like a flying monkey. It's supposed to have been a grim reaper holding a ball. But it did look like a monkey.

Allen Iverson

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I also feel that I have been very honest with my friends, my family and also with the public about the mistakes that I've made and the challenges that I've gone through.

Nicole Richie

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