Toms Quotes - Page 7

• I am going to work with Tom Daschle. And I'll work with the Republican leaders and the president to try and come up with something that we can all be proud of.

  John Breaux

  Leader, Trying, President

  "CNN Live Today", Interview with Judy Woodruff, www.cnn.com. January 3, 2002.

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• Jazz is an Uncle Tom word. They should stop using that word for selling. I told George Wein the other day that he should stop using it.

  Miles Davis

  Uncles, Jazz, Selling

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• When I'm in the car sometimes it's like, 'Yeah, man, just put on the pop music.' You know what I mean? I don't want to listen to Tom Waits.

  Max Greenfield

  Mean, Men, Car

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Writers vary tremendously. Was it Tom Wolfe who stood up or was it [Ernest] Hemingway who had to stand up? I don't know.

  Rod Serling

  Stood Up, Knows, Vary

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• You always ought to have tom cats arranged, you know - it makes 'em more companionable.

  Noel Coward

  Cat, Ems, Knows

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• Harriet Beecher Stowe thought Uncle Tom's Cabin was written through her by Another Hand, so little did she know what was going to happen from moment to moment in the book. She herself was amazed at what she was writing.

  Sophy Burnham

  Uncles, Book, Writing

  Sophy Burnham (2011). “For Writers Only: Inspiring Thoughts on the Exquisite Pain and Heady Joy of the Writing Life from Its Great Practitioners”, p.18, Penguin

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• Capitol Records were very keen for me to write and see how I got on; I think that is what defined my sound. The first session I had was with two young up-and-coming writers, Nick Atkinson and Tom Wilding, and I went into a session a bit nervous because I hadn't written that many songs before.

  Shane Filan

  Song, Writing, Thinking

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• On the music side, I'm a cross between maybe that Texas songwriter and that Tom Petty feel.

  Bryan Hayes

  Texas, Sides, Crosses

  "Bryan Hayes To Play At Sweet T Market". Interview With Linley Stringer, maroonweekly.com. December 2, 2015.

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• At the end of the playback of the take of "Like A Rolling Stone", or actually during the thing, Bob Dylan said to the producer, turn up the organ. And Tom Wilson said, oh man, that guy's not an organ player. And Dylan said, I don't care, turn the organ up, and that's really how I became an organ player.

  Al Kooper

  Player, Men, Guy

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• My parents are my role models. I also love Halle Berry, Robert DeNiro, Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Tom Cruise and Jennifer Lopez. When I see their work, I get engulfed in it. They really capture me.

  Raven-Symone

  Role Models, Parent, Roles

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• My stern chase after time is, to borrow a simile from Tom Paine, like the race of a man with a wooden leg after a horse.

  John Quincy Adams

  Horse, Men, Race

  John Quincy Adams, William Harwood Peden (1946). “The Selected Writings of John and John Quincy Adams”

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• We all believe what we read. I read how Tom Cruise and I were two big egos holding up shooting. I know that isn't true - but if I wasn't making a movie with him and I just picked up the paper, I'd believe it. That's interesting, isn't it?

  Dustin Hoffman

  Believe, Two, Interesting

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Tom Paine was a great American visionary. His book, Common Sense, sold a couple of hundred thousand copies in a population of four or five million. That means it was a best seller for years. People were thoughtful then. Hope is one thing. But you need to have hope with thought.

  Studs Terkel

  Couple, Book, Mean

  "What I've Learned: Studs Terkel" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. November 6, 2008.

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• Nobody becomes Tom Wolfe overnight, not even Tom Wolfe.

  William Zinsser

  William Zinsser (2012). “On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction”, p.18, Harper Collins

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• Tom Osborne, Lou Holtz, Bobby Bowden were in our living room. My mom didn't know who they were!

  Hines Ward

  Mom, Rooms, Living Room

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• I have some calls out to Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Eddie Murphy. I said, 'I won't star in any blockbuster films if you stay out of animated films.' They just won't call me back.

  Jim Cummings

  Stars, Film, Cruise

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• My favorite politician was Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, who reminded me of Tom Mix, and there wasn't any way to explain that to anybody.

  Bob Dylan

  Way, Arizona, Politician

  Bob Dylan (2011). “Chronicles”, p.209, Simon and Schuster

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• Tom Friedman says China is so awesome they make kosher pigs.

  Jonah Goldberg

  Pigs, China, Kosher

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• Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says he thinks it would be great if Donald Trump was president. Which is really weird because I thought Brady didn't like things that are filled with too much air.

  Conan O'Brien

  Thinking, Air, President

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• I don't want to direct. I have no directing ambition whatsoever. And as long as I meet filmmakers like Tom Hooper, Stephen Frears, and others who allow that collaboration, I can't see why I would ever want to direct.

  Peter Morgan

  Ambition, Long, Collaboration

  Source: deadline.com

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• I can't write story-songs, like I couldn't write a Bob Dylan or Tom Waits song. I can only write whatever weird phrases come into my head, and hope that they're good.

  Jay Watson

  Song, Writing, Waiting

  Source: www.coupdemainmagazine.com

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• When we get christened or married or die, we drift naturally in the direction of the church. And in moments of crisis, when our spiritual Tom-Tom is no longer telling us what to do, we find ourselves scrabbling at the vicarage door.

  Tom Hollander

  Spiritual, Doors, Church

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• You have to look inside yourself and you have to say, well, what am I about? Why does anyone need this? Why does anyone need a 'Tom Ford' jacket? What do I believe in?

  Tom Ford

  Believe, Doe, Needs

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• One of my favorite artists is Tom Waits, whom most people think of as a wonderful singer-songwriter and a great poet. I certainly think of him that way, but I also know him as a terrific actor. You know, that persona that he puts on when he's doing his music comes from being an actor, figuring out a persona.

  Jeff Bridges

  Thinking, Artist, People

  "Jeff Bridges Abides". Interview with Tim Mcdonnell, www.motherjones.com. November, 2011.

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• Tom Cruise has-we all have-the right to practice how we feel...don't judge someone until they have tossed your salad.

  John Travolta

  Practice, Judging, Salad

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