Tom Petty Quotes

We don't really make bad records, though some people might like some more than others. And we have never really done a bad show. So I think in a way maybe we've been taken for granted.

Tom Petty

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PeopleThinkBadDoneWayNever

I'm very cheerful about coming back to the U.K. We increasingly found ourselves gravitating towards London. There was so much going on for our business, and we had grown substantially here.

Jim Ratcliffe

BusinessBackLondonCheerfulComing

America is a place where you can be born into a low-income household but still lift yourself up, and it doesn't matter what color you are.

Alphonso Jackson

YourselfColorAmericaYouBornUp

Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.

Simone Weil

LifeImaginationThreeMoreRealUp

In Ohio, I built the world's first skate plaza.

Rob Dyrdek

WorldFirstOhioBuiltSkatePlaza

I would trade any writerly success if it would mean my children would be happy.

Mary Gordon

SuccessChildrenHappyBe HappyMean

I had to ask myself if the reason I had never asked to direct before was because I really didn't want to, or because I didn't think I deserved a spot at the table.

Miriam Shor

MyselfThinkTableWantNeverAsk

I think NBC got a little reluctant to get behind single-camera shows after 'Scrubs' didn't do what they thought it was going to do following 'Friends.'

Jason Bateman

ThinkThoughtFriendsLittleGoing

I personally think 'Chimes of Midnight' is a much better film than 'Citizen Kane.'

Christian McKay

ThinkBetterCitizenMidnightFilm

One does not read a poem by Gwendolyn Brooks with hopes that it will grant him a career in engineering; he does so because poetry helps him see something in the world that he might not have seen before.

Clint Smith

PoetryWorldEngineeringCareerWill

Everyone has to do their part, too. No one is disconnected. And everyone has to improve their skills, take care of their own health to the extent they can and contribute their time and talents to the community and country.

Tim Ryan

CommunityHealthTimeCareTake Care

True heroics, obviously, is not the absence of fear, but having that fear and doing something anyway.

Martin Freeman

FearDoingTrueAbsenceSomething

In this context the British and Irish governments will have to promote a new, imaginative and dynamic alternative in which both governments will share power in the north.

Gerry Adams

PowerNewWillIrishContextShare

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