Eddie Vedder (Edward Louis Severson III) Quotes
People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.'
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Before I left Russia in 1999, I was living in a very poor factory town with my family and friends, and nothing was ever going to change.
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It's not enough to train today's workforce. We also have to prepare tomorrow's workforce by guaranteeing every child access to a world-class education.
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Writing 'William Shakespeare's Star Wars' was a fun exercise in mixing just the right amount of the Bard with just the right amount of everyone's favorite galaxy far, far away.
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The beauty of soaps is that it takes a village to make it work, and you get to work with really hardworking people.
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When people lack jobs, opportunity, and ownership of property they have little or no stake in their communities.
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What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self and their relationships.
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I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.
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We played 'Girl in a Country Song' in front of Scott Borchetta, and he loved it.
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I know there is something out there and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad.
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The great apologist has to have lived large and wild. If he's going to kiss the world's boo-boos and make up, he'd better plant some bruises first. A master apologizer has to be a Lord Byron, a Rick in Casablanca, a Lee Atwater, anyway.
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Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.
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I worked initially in very low-budget independent films that I often wrote. My early work was all written by myself, and then I adapted 'Tsotsi,' so I was used to the writing process being, in a way, integral to my directing. I felt it really prepared me.
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My whole thing is to entertain, make people laugh and to forget about the real world for awhile.
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Freud was the son of a Jewish merchant who had to move his whole family to Vienna because he couldn't get work. He, as a boy, had to watch his father be mocked and abused on the street for being Jewish... You develop a thick skin and you develop a certain kind of wit to defend yourself.
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For kids, multitasking electronically is common. But they are totally focused. You can tell a good story, and they listen.
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In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.
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We have people around the world who live in the United States, and these people don't deserve to be called traitors.
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I think that governments are going to get disrupted by the blockchain. I think in the same way that the Internet forced everyone to evolve, the Blockchain is going to change the game again.
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It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.
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Working on television is much more stressful than working for a movie. The pace of work is relaxed while shooting a movie.
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Sides are being divided now. It's very obvious. So if you're on the other side of the fence, you're suddenly anti-American. It's breeding fear of being on the wrong side.
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Whenever I'm on my way to a premiere or something, I always have a good laugh in the car... because it's all so absurd - I'm one generation removed from starvation.
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Do you remember you shot a seagull? A man came by chance, saw it and destroyed it, just to pass the time.
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People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.'
