Jeff Ament Quotes
I just have a serious problem with business for business' sake: this bottom-dollar mentality. I have a serious problem with evil.
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I think everyone who goes to see a 'Bond' movie expects to be impressed by the look and the locations chosen. Certainly I was when I grew up watching them, and I don't think that's changed in the last 50 years.
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A lot of the time I'm working with people who are older than me.
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Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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I just respect Kanye as an artist.
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I clearly understood the concept of wise use before I ever heard the actual words, for my father wouldn't allow us to waste anything.
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A woman who places a high priority on performance and excellence is seen as imperial. A man is seen as demanding and tough.
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On the face of it, China has won the Olympics. But it is not China that has won, but the Communist party. The Chinese people have lost.
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Street protests in Saudi Arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession.
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If we get a few solid festival shows then I will have no problem booking the lads for as many quality club shows around them to make a nice tour come together.
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One can be a great poet and be politically stupid.
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The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
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I'm a runner first before anything else.
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Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal.
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I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion.
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There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.
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You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far.
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I think this sets a very bad precedent, the president unilaterally on his own starting war without any consent from Congress.
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Moving to Flagstaff from the big city of Melbourne taught me what it takes to become a better runner. For one, there is the altitude, but more importantly, seeking the best is about being surrounded by the best.
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That neither our thoughts, nor passions, nor ideas formed by the imagination, exist without the mind, is what every body will allow.
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The more you drop into your heart, the more God can drop into your mind.
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I'm just an actor. If it's drama, I add as much humour as the part will stand. And if it's a comedy, add as much drama as you can, so it balances out; you don't wanna be too serious.
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I just have a serious problem with business for business' sake: this bottom-dollar mentality. I have a serious problem with evil.
