Eddie Vedder (Edward Louis Severson III) Quotes
If 'little George Dubya Bush' wins, we are going to apply for Canadian citizenship.
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The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.
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Congress needs to toughen the laws protecting elections and make clear that anyone interfering with democracy will pay a stiff price.
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Contrary to the ecologists, nature does not stand still and does not maintain the kind of equilibrium that guarantees the survival of any particular species - least of all the survival of her greatest and most fragile product: man.
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I don't tolerate anything that runs slowly. Whether it be a phone, tablet or computer, it has to run at optimum speed.
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The reason I'm scared of flying is because I'm not in charge. Being so far out of control terrifies me.
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I keep a $2 bill rolled up in every pair of boots I own because one time, an older guy came up to me at a farmer's market I was playing in Memphis, handed me a $2 bill, and said, 'Stick this in your boot.' And when I stood back up, he handed me a $100 bill and said, 'Thanks for listening to me. Stick this in your pocket.'
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It's a big win for us...just because we've been struggling to win a game after a game. You feel good about not giving up one after we win one.
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Trust your actors. That's why I work with the same actors time and time again. I encourage them to change the dialogue to achieve one thing: keep the characters honest.
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Every individual has the power to change his or her material or financial status by first changing the nature of his or her beliefs.
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The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins.
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Artistic vision is having the clarity to fall in love with what you see.
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There's this message to comedians in particular, that you shouldn't write it, and a television writer should write it. And that's a prevailing conventional wisdom that I think is really wrong. That's not to say that television writers aren't great, but I think that the belief that some comedy writer's going to be able to capture your voice is naive.
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Believe in dreams. Never believe in hurts... You can't let the grief and the hurts and the breaking experiences of life control your future decisions.
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In the time of the sacred sites and the crashing of ecosystems and worlds, it may be worth not making a commodity out of all that is revered.
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The only way you preserve pitching arms is throwing; that makes the arm stronger.
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The team that makes the most mistakes usually wins.
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Very often in everyday life one sees that by losing one's temper with someone who has already lost his, one does not gain anything but only sets out upon the path of stupidity. He who has enough self-control to stand firm at the moment when the other person is in a temper, wins in the end. It is not he who has spoken a hundred words aloud who has won; it is he who has perhaps spoken only one word.
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Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess.
