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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I don't think that when I'm acting I feel like I lose myself to it, but that sense of losing, that sense of discomfort, well, I guess maybe that comes a bit! It's about redefining what 'uncomfortable' means for you.
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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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There's not a lot of positive role models of women in newspapers and magazines. I think it puts pressure on girls. They think that the image put out, it's the way you have to look.
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People don't actually read newspapers. They step into them every morning like a hot bath. (p. 184)
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I had never seen so many old people in one place at one time. Neither had Harry. 'It’s like Wednesday morning at the world’s biggest Denny’s,' he said.
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I have no message to give the politicians of the world. They're all completely addicted to promiscuous verbalization and I'm quite sure they would not be at all interested in hearing about cut-ups and hieroglyphics and still less interested to hear about silence.
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That's probably half the reason I wanted to be in a band - I wanted to see the world.
