Jeff Ament Quotes
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The human rights record within China seems to rise and fall over time, but it's very clear that in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and since then, there's been a greater intolerance of dissent and the human rights record of China has been going in the wrong direction.
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I'm just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it's very difficult to predict what the outcome is.
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The great writers just kept bringing them out. They didn't care if they repeated themselves.
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I defy any woman that doesn't feel more elegant and more groomed and ready for an evening than if you have a blow dry.
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There's something about sitting face-to-face with an attorney in an office that enables people to come to grips with the very idea of divorce - or to reconsider the idea. Like a number of my colleagues - not all - I offer that preliminary consultation for free.
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The food habits of the different classes of Hindus have been as fixed and stratified as their cults. Just as Hindus can be classified on their basis of their cults, so also they can be classified on the basis of their habits of food.
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To fund major cultural efforts, we must not rely alone on government and foundation patronage; if the farmer can spend for beer, he can pay for good entertainment which he can understand, which he can identify with and which will fortify his spirit.
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Reading serves as a good escape when you're in the middle of doing crazy things.
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I believe, along with many others, that you must first ask for what you want before you can have it.
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I have a special interest in children who have lost a parent or loved one in the line of duty as they served their country as a police officer, firefighter, federal agent or member of the military, but children all over the word need help and an opportunity to flourish.
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When it's colder, your skin needs more attention.
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I can't live for more than four years outside of Canada. I'm Canadian, so ultimately that is my reference point.
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You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet.
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I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird'... I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement.
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Human problems are complex. If something isn't complex it doesn't qualify as problematic. Very simple bad things are not worth troubling ourselves about.
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Like a hawk about to devour its prey, the wings of public opinion hover above the head of the judge. All the Court’s decisions are disguised and indirect forms of pleading at the bar of public opinion.
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A king’s son has nothing but inferiors, each one a potential assassin.
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There was a sound in the background like a distant sheep coughing gently on a mountainside. Jeeves sailing into action.
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We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion.
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Women come up to us all the time and give us the most amazing compliments, like, 'Salt-N-Pepa was the soundtrack of my life.' They remind us that we meant so much to them. Sometimes artists don't really grasp that. But when you talk to fans, you get in touch with your legacy.
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West Indian cultural mentality and a North American life equals the perfect balance.
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I am not a Sufi, but I follow the Sufi.
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Spirit and body differ not essentially, but gradually.
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I played djembe, percussion, keyboards and I sang.
