Jeff Ament Quotes
All you have to do is drive by the empty tennis courts and basketball courts and compare them to the skate parks... c'mon people, get with the program - the future is now!
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Music is always there, but if you're asking me my first love, it's film.
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I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.
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Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in reaction to the then dominance and prestige of French literature.
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I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent.
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Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.
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Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.
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I'm totally fine with people criticizing me in shows... people like this show, or don't; you're entitled to your opinion. But when people are criticizing you as a person, I have to say it's a little bit different.
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Having grown up on a family farm, I am all too familiar with the effects a drought can have on a crop.
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I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.
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If writers just sit and talk about oppression, they are not going to do much writing.
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When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.
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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
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I have never gotten a B in my life. I would honestly be mortified if I got a B. I'm so academically driven.
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It's morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money.
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Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I.
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The architecture of a story can be a little bit different if it's a true story.
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Acknowledging our love for the living world does something that a library full of papers on sustainable development and ecosystem services cannot: it engages the imagination as well as the intellect. It inspires belief; and this is essential to the lasting success of any movement.
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The Vatican has to strike a difficult balance between running a country and running a religious institution.
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We saw that the music industry was changing and we felt that it needed to change. We have wanted to do this for a very long time.
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All you have to do is drive by the empty tennis courts and basketball courts and compare them to the skate parks... c'mon people, get with the program - the future is now!
