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 created my own charity called My Peak Challenge. We've been able to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds. It's helping change people's lives, and I've had lots of wonderful letters about it.
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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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Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.
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Ambition makes you look pretty ugly Kicking, squealing Gucci little piggy.
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It's incredible when I'm out in these towns. I have people telling me they were waiting for hours just to meet me and get my autograph. I feel so guilty. I always feel like I have to give them more than just Kato Kaelin.
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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.'
