Jeff Ament Quotes
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Awards don't really mean much.
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
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The beauty about living in Atlanta is that there aren't too many paparazzi here; you can just relax. And that really works for me and my children.
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Our best thoughts come from others.
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By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
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I wanted to be a rock star when I grew up, or at least a singer/songwriter.
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I grew up on the edge of a national park in Canada - timberwolves, creeks, snow drifts.
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I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.
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My mom didn't let me play video games growing up, so now I do. Gaming gives me a chance to just let go, blow somebody up and fight somebody from another dimension. It's all escapism.
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Politicians are so detested. And the main cause is not policy; it's the fact that there is no trust.
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People are different. People choose different criteria. But if there is a better way among many alternatives, I want to encourage that way by making it comfortable. So that's what I've tried to do.
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Growing up, me and my brother, we were kind of exact opposites. We were completely yin and yang. He was more rough and tumble, and I just wanted to play with my girlfriends.
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I need to mature a bit - then I might have something to show for it.
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I've had a lot of luck. If I didn't I'd be washing bottles in Russia.
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'Floating Worlds,' which received a fair amount of attention when it was first published, deserves rediscovery.
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I moved out to Los Angeles a fan of many people, and meeting people I put on a pedestal that just disappointed me. Without fans, this business would not exist, so I try and say that we're all on the same level.
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To be honest, I would never have imagined myself acting on a sitcom that I didn't write.
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Simplicity is a great element of good breeding.
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I myself, however wretched I may be, have been occasionally privileged to sit at the feet of the Lord Jesus, and to the extent that his merciful love allowed, have embraced with all my heart, now one, now the other, of these feet.
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Your mind can do wonders, so scary movies are not the healthiest for me because it does freak me out.
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I was on my own at Wellesley, surrounded by a lot of young women who were motivated and intellectually curious. I started to read because I was required to do so for class, but I soon found myself enjoying the seclusion of the library. I came to see reading as an important way to learn about people, including myself.
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Holmes is the hardest part I have ever played - harder than Hamlet or Macbeth. Holmes has become the dark side of the moon for me. He is moody and solitary and underneath I am really sociable and gregarious. It has all got too dangerous.
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Over the near term there is clearly the opportunity to work with Microsoft to do to a better job of creating a more secure Windows experience for users around the world.
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That's probably half the reason I wanted to be in a band - I wanted to see the world.
