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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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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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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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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Common man is always benefited by a rate cut.
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In the movies, they make you look good and tough, but in real life, it's completely the opposite. I do these ueber roles, I think, because in real life I'm quite shy and reserved. In real life, I'm a dork.
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I don't want to spend my whole life watching the sun go down behind the left field bleachers.
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There weren't really any visible men in my family when I was growing up, but of course there have been men in my life, wonderful men.
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The other day they asked me about mandatory drug testing. I said I believed in drug testing a long time ago. All through the sixties I tested everything.
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The slugs are ascending this steep city staircase that leads up to a huge Catholic church, essentially signifying their slow crawl towards death. The work reminds us of religion, mortality, natural decay, and the slow suffocation of commercialized societies.
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If you give up before your goal has been reached, you are a "quitter." A QUITTER NEVER WINS AND A WINNER NEVER QUITS. Lift this sentence out, write it on a piece of paper in letters an inch high, and place it where you will see it every night before you go to sleep, and every morning before you go to work.
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With me, satisfaction is always very fleeting with our work. I always get a little restless with it.
