Geddy Lee Weinrib (Geddy Lee) Quotes
With me, satisfaction is always very fleeting with our work. I always get a little restless with it.
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Maybe 10 times a year I'll do a corporate date, but no casinos or no nightclubs or no comedy clubs.
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It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation.
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It's hard to always be on top. You go down, you go up.
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There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.
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Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.
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When you're a caregiver, you need to realize that you've got to take care of yourself, because, not only are you going to have to rise to the occasion and help someone else, but you have to model for the next generation.
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You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.
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I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
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Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.
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Widely distributed reports have noted in January 1968, Obama was registered as a Muslim at Jakarta's Roman Catholic Franciscus Assisi Primary School under the name Barry Soetoro.
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But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.
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I would love to do a film with a lot of humor in it: a comedy with pain instead of a painful film with some comedy.
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While girls average a healthy five hours a week on video games, boys average 13. The problem? The brain chemistry of video games stimulates feel-good dopamine that builds motivation to win in a fantasy while starving the parts of the brain focused on real-world motivation.
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If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you're writing, ask yourself what's bothering you and write about that. Sometimes your creative energy is like water in a kinked hose, and before thoughts can flow on the topic at hand, you have to straighten the hose by attending to whatever is preoccupying you.
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There's a big difference between being privileged and being spoilt. My parents always said, 'Spoilt means ruined, and you're not ruined, just incredibly fortunate.'
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Brooklyn's good. Brooklyn's funky. Brooklyn's happening.
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Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia.
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Many schools desperately need caring professionals like guidance counselors and social workers to ensure students' emotional, social and educational needs are met. But proposals to arm teachers are irresponsible and dangerous. The role of educators is to teach and nurture our children, not to be armed guards.
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The great joy of doing 'The Daily Show' for me is that I get to sit on the fence between cultures. I am commenting on the absurdity of both sides as an outsider and insider. Sometimes I'm playing the brown guy, and sometimes I'm not, but the best stuff I do always goes back to being a brown kid in a white world.
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All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.
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As long as I could sing my songs, I wasn't as angry about what had happened, about being shoved back for this or shoved back for the other.
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With a doughnut in each hand, anything is possible.
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Marriage, even a happy and successful one, can be extremely stressful, but that stress is worth it if you're marrying the best person for you.
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With me, satisfaction is always very fleeting with our work. I always get a little restless with it.
