Eddie Vedder (Edward Louis Severson III) Quotes
I believe in the power of music. To me, it isn't just a fad. This is a positive thing.
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I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.
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Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.
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Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.
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I never hand in a book until it's completed. Richard Jackson then reads it and asks me to clarify murky points. We work very well together. He knows how hard to push, and I know how hard to push back. He's the only person who can criticize my work without me throwing a hissy fit.
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I don't have business with any politicians.
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For many people, managing pain involves using prescription medicine in combination with complementary techniques like physical therapy, acupuncture, yoga and massage. I appreciate this because I truly believe medical care should address the person as a whole - their mind, body, and spirit.
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I think we in the Alpha Band, which was a strange group anyway, weren't dealing with any of these issues. They sneaked up on us and took us over, before we know what was going on.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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The return of democracy in our land has indeed thrown the problems of development into bolder relief.
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I'd say Juventus has a story as legendary as the Yankees.
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I was a Presbyterian minister at a small church in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
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You're going to change as you grow older, and that messes up a lot of relationships.
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We've gone further on this album, where we have a Big Band song, kind of a Sinatra-type song; we have a couple songs that have electronic music on them. We've got a couple rock songs, maybe a little heavier than what we've done. So the title 'Jekyll & Hyde' really covers the breadth of the record.
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Movies, particularly the big hit movies, are all just special effects. But on television, the writers are in control of the shows, and they control the scripts.
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I believe in that old adage that 'as goes California, so goes the country.'
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Movies don't look hard, but figuring it out, getting the shape of it, getting everybody's character right and having it be funny, make sense and be romantic, it's creating a puzzle. Yes, having been a writer for so long, I have an awareness of when things are going awry, but it doesn't mean I know how to fix them.
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Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain.
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My life is exactly the way it needs to be.
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When I was fifteen, I used to run around reading 'Adbusters' and dumpster diving, trying to find ways to make the U.S. government unwind into chaos through hardcore punk and metal.
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We left my birthplace, Brooklyn, New York, in 1939 when I was 13. I enjoyed the ethnic variety and the interesting students in my public school, P.S. 134. The kids in my neighborhood were only competitive in games, although unfriendly gangs tended to define the limits of our neighborhood.
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I think church and state should remain entirely separate at all costs, and that the decision of religious marriage should be of each faith to debate and decide free of political influence.
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The strongest argument in favor of the gospel is a loving and lovable Christian.
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I believe in the power of music. To me, it isn't just a fad. This is a positive thing.
