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Tom Waits Quotes

Some day I'm gonna be gone and people will be listening to my songs and conjuring me up. In order for that to happen, you gotta put something of yourself in it.

Tom Waits

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: December 7, 1949

Topics

Day Yourself People Me Listening Up

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy

Forgiveness Never Forget Forget Never

In 1997, Alain de Botton published his book 'How Proust Can Change Your Life.' I was charmed by it. I remember using it in a course on cultural criticism for a graduate class that had a mix of theorists and creative writers.

Amitava Kumar

Life Change Creative Book Criticism

I'd go to swim practice, put my face in the water, and I didn't have to talk to anybody. Swimming was like my escape, but it was also like this huge prison because I felt like I had to swim up to people's standards.

Amanda Beard

Water Practice People Swimming Face

If you aren't just brought up in your tribe but interact with other people either directly or vicariously, through journalism and literature, you see what life is like from other points of view and are less likely to demonize them or dehumanize others and more likely to empathize with them.

Steven Pinker

Life People View Literature You See

Trends have come and gone and they're coming back my way so I'm super excited about that.

Tracy Reese

Back Way Trends Coming Gone Excited

I wasn't allowed to throw big hooks and overhand rights until I'd been striking for three years. It's so you don't rely on those things from the very beginning. If your footwork sucks, and you can only stand in one place and throw your hands all crazy while the other person is running around, you're never going to be able to hit them.

Ronda Rousey

Beginning Crazy Stand Hands You Big

Jessica Simpson is the youth ambassador for Operation Smile, and an episode of The Apprentice featured a team managing a charity concert she put on. Donald Trump came on stage and pledged a donation.

Roma Downey

Smile Team Youth Charity Donation

I go to the movies a lot on off days. I exercise. I have routines that I go by.

Jason Isbell

Exercise Go Movies Days Off Lot

Most of the time I don't force records. I'm not one of these guys that put records out every nine, 10 months. I'm pretty long between records. I've only had a few in my career. I kind of wait until I feel I have really strong songs. I don't know if they're going to change the world or not, but I dig 'em, and if I dig 'em we make a record.

Jason McCoy

Change Time Change The World Wait

Being an actor is actually pretty easy if you can memorize lines.

Jon Hamm

Easy You Actor Pretty Lines Being

You can't go into business thinking that success will come to you in just one or two years.

Do Won Chang

Success Business Thinking You Go

I'm completely lacking any sense of religious belief, but I am superstitious.

Clive Sinclair

I Am Belief Sense Religious Lacking