Jeff Ament Quotes
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
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I never had plastic surgery. I had a nose procedure done because I had to. I had no cartilage in my nose; I have a piece of cartilage from my ear put into my nose. I had a medical procedure done. I have no plastic in my nose.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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'Free State of Jones' went beyond that. It got into how the South wasn't as homogenous as we thought it was - or even the North for that matter, where we like to assume everyone wanted to free the slaves and they were all abolitionists. It actually shows how complex these ideologies were on both sides.
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I have no regrets at all. I have done quite well for myself. I didn't have a conventional face, but I have done well, and I am proud of it.
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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I used to do all my programming on a BBC computer. It was limited to 16 tracks, and you used the keyboard, not a mouse, to input, but I was using it so long, I got quite fast at it.
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For me, I think there's a lot more room in cable television to tell broader stories. NBC and the networks, they're all very mainstream, and they're a little more conservative in how they approach storytelling.
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You don't drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.
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It brings me no joy and not enough comfort to dwell too much on things I've said or written or made or worn in the past.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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I don't laugh out loud at comics a lot.
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Life is short, and we should respect every moment of it.
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I love meeting interesting people and doing things with them.
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I never got good at predicting what millions of people will suddenly decide is rational.
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If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.
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It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.
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Working with the same people is so much quicker and frees up your energy for other things.
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The really good stand up comedians can be angry but relatable, and they have interestingly humanizing personalities. Their observational skills are far greater than mine, so I'll just stick to reading lines off a page.
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I understand that it's the thought that counts, but receiving money is so great, so if you're in a position to give an employee a bonus, just do that.
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Our political life favors the extremes of speech; the man who is gifted in the arts of abuse is bound to be a notable, if not always a great figure.
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I wasn't necessarily the brightest in my family. I think my older sister was probably more clever, but I worked very hard.
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I don't have a great voice or even a good voice.
