Eddie Vedder (Edward Louis Severson III) Quotes
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My father was a teacher, and there were teachers all around, his friends, they were working for the Government and their behaviour was within strictly limited areas.
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I like American women. They do things sexually Russian girls never dream of doing - like showering.
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One of the secrets of a successful life is to be able to hold all of our energies upon one point, to focus all of the scattered rays of the mind upon one place or thing.
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People have a tendency to blame politicians when things don't work, but as I always tell people, you get the politicians you deserve. And if you don't vote and you don't pay attention, you'll get policies that don't reflect your interest.
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Of all the punctuation marks; he told me ellipses were his favorites.
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My position is to listen to my constituents, learn from the best information available and ultimately make sound, rational decisions that are going to be beneficial to the people of the 8th Congressional District.
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The earth keeps some vibration going There in your heart, and that is you. And if the people find you can fiddle, Why, fiddle you must, for all your life.
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Hope, like the gleaming taper's light,Adorns and cheers our way;And still, as darker grows the night,Emits a brighter ray.
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Waste not your Hour, nor in the vain pursuit Of This and That endeavour and dispute; Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit.
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Rules necessary for demonstrations. To prove all propositions, and to employ nothing for their proof but axioms fully evident of themselves, or propositions already demonstrated or admitted; Never to take advantage of the ambiguity of terms by failing mentally to substitute definitions that restrict or explain them.
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He knew that the whole mystery of beauty can never be comprehended by the crowd, and that while clearness is a virtue of style, perfect explicitness is not a necessary virtue.
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As life goes on I'm starting to learn more and more about responsibility.
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Kandinsky was connected with Die Brücke and the Blue Rider: they had a concept and created a reality. But I prefer Jean Fautrier French painter-artist; 1898 - 1965 with his suffering and self-absorption. And his purpose on bringing about changes was just as strong. As a result I see in Fautrier a stronger paradigm than in Kandinsky..
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I am a voyager - and the voyage cannot mean that I stay at home.
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I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve. I was once described by my own son Stephen as an emotional ostrich.
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I just love Dolly so much, and Loretta. They both are songwriters that knew what they wanted to say; they were bucking a system.
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Being raised Catholic myself, I think people who are Catholic tend to carry a lot of guilt. It's almost a joke.
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With modelling, there's nothing to work on other than losing weight. I definitely had an eating disorder.
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The story of the Jews in the Bible is replete with incidents of their ingratitude to God for His gifts to them: incidents that just as repeatedly merit and receive punishment.
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Ascribe not to any soul that which thou wouldst not have ascribed to thee, and say not that which though doest not.
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You see thousands of films you forget the minute you come out of the cinema, don't you? Because they don't mean anything. It's the tough ones like 'Breaking the Waves' and 'Nil By Mouth' that stay with you, that you never forget. I'd like to leave a few of those behind if possible.
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When I was really young, I was convinced I wanted to be a visual artist. I would paint and draw and make crafts.
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Every time I make a record, it's a gem with different facets, and every time I like to explore a different side. The core is the same, it never changes, but I try to create a different shape.
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The smallest oceans still make big big waves.
