Cameron Crowe Quotes
I always wanted to tell the story of how Pearl Jam is the story of lightning striking twice. As well as being the flipside of the classic rock tale where great promise ends in tragedy. This is where tragedy begins great promise.
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We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.
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The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.
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Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.
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I think R. Kelly's range is so vast and broad that in order to stimulate himself creatively as an artist, he has to step so, so far outside the box, or else he feels like he's not challenging himself.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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My children are English, and both of their mothers were English.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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Why should Bollywood accept me? I should accept Bollywood. I don't care if Bollywood has accepted me. I don't seek acceptance. I don't need to live up to anybody's expectations.
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Two truths are all too often overshadowed in today's political discourse: Public service is a most honorable pursuit, and so is bipartisanship.
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I like the fact that I can do stunts, but I don't think of myself as a stunt guy. Those guys are really good at what they do.
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I have such a crush on Shirley Manson. I think she's the coolest thing.
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I always think of it in terms of music. You're not always going to be a huge rock star in music, but musicians can play until the day they die. With sports, it's different. You can't always do it until the very end, and that's a hard reality of sports.
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Here's the thing that people don't understand: I don't really care. I've never been a careerist. It's not a strategy. I react to certain characters and story lines and specific mode of filmmaking.
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I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil.
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We're trying to make money, trying to add a zero onto our net worth.
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If I were a Negro, I'd be fighting, as Martin Luther King fought, for human recognition and justice. I'd rather go down with my flag flying. If you're weak or crippled, or you can't speak out or fight back in some way, then people don't hesitate to treat you badly.
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It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.
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People have a good time with all the catch phrases.
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Your heart... it's a very fragile muscle. You have to take care of it, be old-fashioned about it.
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You must live fully in the now to make your dreams come true.
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But we shall not know the world by looking at it; we know it by looking at the hovering fly.
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To focus capital and entrepreneurship into empowering innovation, we should change is the capital gains tax rate. We would be better served by a regressive tax rate, that would become progressively smaller the longer the investment is held.
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No doubt Western civilization has in the past been full of wars and revolutions, and the national elements in our culture, even when they were ignored, always provided an unconscious driving force of passion and aggressive self-assertion.
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I always wanted to tell the story of how Pearl Jam is the story of lightning striking twice. As well as being the flipside of the classic rock tale where great promise ends in tragedy. This is where tragedy begins great promise.
