Jeff Ament Quotes
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I never was happy with the job I did in 'Ed Wood.'
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I'm not certain, but I have a little gypsy blood in me. And my mother always told me that her grandma could give someone the evil eye, and I'd better not cross her because she had some of that blood in her. Mother always believed that she could predict the future, and she had dreams that came true.
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You gotta have life your way. If you ain't losing your mind, you ain't partying right.
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You can't get more for less. You get what you pay for.
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The only band that we have never played with but have always wanted to is the Rolling Stones.
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Where in the Constitution does it say that because we don't like a foreign country's leader, we should go in and topple the dictator?
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At best the family teaches the finest things human beings can learn from one another generosity and love. But it is also, all too often, where we learn nasty things like hate, rage and shame.
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To be intellectual does not require one to be alienated and oppositional.
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You think about the artists I look at as icons, and you assume they were instantly embraced. That's usually not the case. In reality, they had to overcome a lot of noes to get where they wanted to be.
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I'm still a size 10, but it's the toning that's getting me down, and I think it can only get more difficult as I get older. Either one gets very thin and scrawny, or one puts on poundage; I'm definitely not going to pile on the pounds, so I can expect to end up scrawny.
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I was really only around country music on the radio, and I think because I grew up so close to Atlanta, and R&B was such a big part of that culture, by proximity I think a lot of that music influenced me without knowing it.
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I had that flying wheel tattooed on my forehead and on my butt.
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Intellectuals know how to answer the question, 'What God do I believe in?' not only through the question of 'What God do I abhor?' Intellectuals can also answer the question of 'What flag do I wave?' without having to answer the question of 'What flag do I burn.'
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I am too insecure to crash early. I feel life will pass me by while I'm sleeping.
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America is ripe for lies and lethargy. The pure mountain air is going and gone. It is a huge burden and a sadness for us all.
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All the soul of man is resolution, which in valiant men falters never, until their last breath.
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Daddy, daddy, daddy, All I want is you. You can have me, baby - but my lovin’ days is through. A certain amount of impotence in a dream deferred.
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It is the duty of the followers of Islam to spread through the civilised world, a knowledge of what Islam means - its spirit and message.
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I've always had an eclectic taste in music. But what I try to do is combine these things in ways that others would never think of, like putting Bun B on an Elton John song.
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It was a bad move on Ryan's part, you know. He had a great car, he was fast. Both of us were fast. Danica was trying -- she noticed that we were really fast and she was trying to give us a way. I don't know what the heck he was thinking. He just decided to pass everybody in one corner and he ended up taking everybody out. It's just ridiculous. He's a good driver. He's fast, but there was definitely no patience at all.
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Daddy was hilarious. He could take the most mundane event and tell it so that we all on the floor laughing. He trained me in the joys of humor.
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'What you doin' with such a big ol' dog in New York?' 'Never had a wife.'
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Now, you just watch your attention. Where is it going? Watch yourself. As soon as you'll start watching yourself, your attention, you'll become more identified with your Spirit.
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Everybody got away from what Pearl Jam are supposed to be.
