Jeff Ament Quotes
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The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.
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I cannot determine what people or nations should do, but I do think that extremism gives birth to following and subsequent extremism.
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I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.
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I have to protect myself because people think that because you come into 25 million homes every week, they know you. I walk the line between being gracious and being rude.
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I like to look at 'A Place in the Sun' every now and get inspired by it.
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I was playing in other rock bands. Any of those bands didn't last long.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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The job as a coach is difficult.
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I really like Los Angeles - I had a good life out there. But the reason I choose to live in New York is because when I'm between engagements, as they say, something creative always comes up for me, like 'Julian Po,' or helping teach at NYU, or helping stage a show at Juilliard.
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Honestly, I find writing to be a very lonely job.
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I found it more challenging to act in a small scene, especially if it has no dialogue and if it is a close-up with only expressions.
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If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.
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I've always been more of a camera hog than anything, and it's just another way to get it all out!
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Dying in the sanitary environment of a hospital is a relatively new concept. In the late 19th century, dying at a hospital was reserved for people who had nothing and no one. Given the choice, a person wanted to die at home in their bed, surrounded by friends and family.
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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It's very possible that advertising business models will simply never do as well on mobile devices as those oriented around transactions.
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If the Knesset is a temple, then Feiglin is the idol. A Knesset where Feiglin presides is an impure Knesset.
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Everybody hates you when you're the best, and everybody hates you when you're the worst.
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If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.
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I spent 250 to 300 days of every year on the road. But in the end, I felt something was missing. I needed to be anchored so I could concentrate, so in 2000, I established a new methodology - the one I use today. I spent the week in my office and travelled every weekend, even at Christmas.
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The sense of endings as well as beginnings in the air is now so obvious in so many dimensions of our experience that a critical mass has been reached.
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The relationship between 'My Chemical Romance' and Michael Pedicone is over. He was caught red-handed stealing from the band and confessed to police after our show last night in Auburn, Washington. We are heartbroken and sick to our stomachs over this entire situation.
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I'm not a really firm believer in theatre that is 'about anything.' I don't think theatre can be about anything other than the people who show up and the value that they hold.
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We've always been a band that stood up for what we thought was right.
