"It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can't afford the music."
-Tom Petty
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"Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I'm concerned, that's success.“
-Tom Petty
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"What I've learned about marriage: You need to have each other's back you have to be a kind of team going through life."
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"When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you've always got a different ache or pain."
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"TV does not care about you or what happens to you. It's downright bad for your health now, and that's not a far-out concept. I think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health."
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"It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can't afford the music."
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"The energy of the crowd is insane. Twenty thousand people. It's the biggest jolt of adrenaline. It's very hard to explain. You know the old story about the woman lifting the car off her kid? It's in that realm. You can actually hurt yourself and not know it."
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"You can take Elvis. You can take Marilyn Monroe. Success and fame will not be the answer if something inside of you is bothering you, if things in your mind aren't going right."
-Linda Evans
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"Once you can accept failure, you can have fun and success."
-Rickey Henderson
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"It's not just the NFL. Every other league has a draft. It has been fundamental to the success of professional sports."
-Roger Goodell
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"Fame and success are very different things."
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"It's an awesome responsibility, not only to maintain the level of success the NFL has, but to build on that."
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"Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts."
-Roger Staubach
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