Tom Petty on responsibility
Tom Petty112 quotes“I don’t believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or she is putting out there.”
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We could move catalog, if he’d only die quicker.
Tom PettyTom Petty If I’d had to work at Taco Bell I’d have still been out at night trying to play music.
Tom PettyTom Petty If you’re not getting older, you’re dead.
Tom PettyTom Petty Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks. Some doors are opened, some roads are blocked. Sundowns are golden, then fade away. And if I never do nothing, I’ll get you back someday.
Tom PettyTom Petty You belong somewhere you feel free.
Tom PettyTom Petty I’m always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
Tom PettyTom Petty I would never put my songs in a commercial.
Tom PettyTom Petty 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 PettyTom Petty When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you’ve always got a different ache or pain.
Tom PettyTom Petty I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
Tom PettyTom Petty I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
Tom PettyTom Petty Some grow young, some grow cold.
Tom PettyTom Petty I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.
Tom PettyTom Petty The waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is hardest part.
Tom PettyTom Petty Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.
Tom PettyTom Petty I think it’s important to always offer something new.
Tom PettyTom Petty
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Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
Natalie MooneyNatalie Mooney Everything ceases to fade Leaving my soul all the pain.
Sayed AbbasSayed Abbas To attain success everyone speaks about consistency, don’t give up & patience but no one talk about the start.
Rohit DeoraRohit Deora Take a moment to look back. Change the process slightly from your discovery. Start again.
Hei-Ran ParkHei-Ran Park The silence was broken with the music of your pain, but with every note i could see a part of you healing.
Sophie AliaSophie Alia It has been the craziest year filled with so many adventures, amazing friends, accomplishments & memories.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson They say what is lost can always be found in the last place you look but I wouldn’t be so sure that you’ll ever see this version of me again.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I want to see our demons complement each other for the rest of our lives.
Jenny WinbladhJenny Winbladh
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If as a writer, you want to capture the world we live in, I think you have some responsibility to at least try to get at some of the ways we’ve chosen to govern ourselves.
Adam HaslettAdam Haslett I think the responsibility of pop stars is to liberate the masses. In that everyone can be whatever they wanna be.
Adam LambertAdam Lambert We live in a bureaucratic, atomized world, but the system is still run by human beings.
Adam HaslettAdam Haslett The mind is responsible for the feelings of pleasure and pain. Control of the mind is the highest Yoga.
SivanandaSivananda You are truly your own hero in running. It is up to you to have the responsibility and self-discipline to get the job done.
Adam GoucherAdam Goucher The greatest gift a church can receive is to have a group of families who take their responsibilitie s with such Christian seriousness that they are willing to completely alter their lifestyle to raise up disciples for Jesus Christ.
Abraham KuyperAbraham Kuyper I’m not attached to anything. I’m attached to what it feels it’s my duty, to do my duty. I think that I will die with the boots on.
Fidel CastroFidel Castro When you take responsibility over others you have to be actually Selfless.
Radhanath SwamiRadhanath Swami
