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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I'm amazed by the misconceptions about Muslim women and the Arab world that I hear, and that really does hurt me.
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We are often unaware of how much we love the people around us. This is true for everyone. We may think that we love certain people, but we don't know how profoundly we love them.
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I had developed this habit of writing scenarios as a hobby. I would find out which stories had been sold to be made into films and I would write my own treatment and then compare it.
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Nature does not demand that we be perfect. It requires only that we grow.
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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.'