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Tom Petty Quotes

I would never put my songs in a commercial.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: October 2, 1950

Topics

Never Would Songs Commercial Put

Each is under the most sacred obligation not to squander the material committed to him, not to sap his strength in folly and vice, and to see at the least that he delivers a product worthy the labor and cost which have been expended on him.

Anna Julia Cooper

Strength Labor Him Worthy See Vice

I'd been gearing up to working in theatre since coming out of drama school, but it was an exciting time for TV drama - it was the birth of Channel 4, and Brookside was very cutting-edge at the time.

Time School Theatre Drama Birth Out

As a late teenager, I had some puppy fat on me, and I noticed that I could put on weight. I have always been very disciplined because my mother was very beautiful, a very pretty woman, but she was immobilised by obesity. At her biggest, she was about 17 stone. And she was always on some sort of fad diet.

Mother Beautiful Woman Me Fat Diet

The Bay of Pigs was an operation the United States endorsed. That was a preventive operation. We were afraid that Castro was going to subvert the hemisphere.

Afraid Pigs United Going Bay States

I mean, I felt terrible. And in the beginning, I mean, I was completely devastated. I mean, can you imagine the kind of guilt that you would feel, and the responsibility?

Monica Lewinsky

Responsibility Beginning Guilt You

I want kids to think that reading can be just as much fun and more so than TV or video games or whatever else they do. I think any other kind of message or morals that I might teach is secondary to first just enjoying a book.

Fun Video Games Book Reading Think

This profession has fed me creatively and allowed me to have a home life and a private life.

Life Home Me Private Life Profession

In sixth grade, I made up books to give book reports on.

Book Up Give Reports Books Made

I get up at 5 A.M., and I train hard. I've got two young children, so I have to get up early. But I like it.

Children Early Train Young Hard Up

Writing a song is like playing a series of downs in football: Lots of rules, timing is crucial, lots of boundaries, lots of protective gear, lots of stopping and starting.

Christine Lavin

Football Writing Song Rules Timing

When we worked with the organization that represents students, they were unequivocal: They want debt-free college. And for many of those students, that has to include the total cost of attendance.

College Organization Want Attendance

Generally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world, so why shouldn't women have their share? Soldiers and war heroes are honored and commemorated, explorers are granted immortal fame, martyrs are revered, but how many people look upon women too as soldiers?

Women Great Men War People World

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