Geddy Lee Weinrib (Geddy Lee) Quotes
Live records of mine are very painful to listen to because you always think you can do it better. I don't think I have a single favorite one.
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I inherited some Chanel pieces from my mother. I've worn Prada - absolutely. Wonderful designers are inspiring. I also love designers not known. I love a lot of vintage pieces. I am pretty minimal, pretty classic.
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The 'Room 93' EP was just kind of picking apart the sense of voyeurism and the sense of isolation and turning it into, essentially, a little black book and reflecting on - at that time - 19 years of me forming relationships with people.
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In a modern loft, you can't just fill a space with furniture. Each piece has to be perfect.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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I think success happens when it's supposed to and when you can appreciate it. I am grateful that it didn't happen for me at 22 or 23. I would've been foolish enough to think that we're all entitled to it, instead of it being the divine blessing that it is.
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A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything.
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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I skate now for fun and to keep myself in shape.
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Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.
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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.
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Prostitution and corruption are two things that mankind has had to live with for so long.
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OK, I'm happy. I'm happy. All right? I'm happy.
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I read pretty eclectically - fiction, non-fiction, and poetry - and I've been inspired and influenced by a number of writers.
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The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human beings.
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You look at what One Direction has done and just say, 'That is just lucky;' it is not. It is happening because they are talented boys, good looking lads; and yes, their songs might not be the typical songs that lots of radios want to play, but they are great songs, pop records, that are massive across the world selling in huge numbers.
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I had to make squirrel noises as Bubbles and without realizing it, I was making the face and putting my fingers up to my face to look like a squirrel and everyone made fun of me for the rest of the day.
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I don't do detoxes or cleanses - they don't really work for me. I have a really moderate, simple routine. I like to do yoga, Pilates, dance, and things like that.
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You can't fight the fact that Detroit is a de-industrializing market and it isn't facing dramatic, positive transformation.
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Nuclear power plants built in the areas usually thought of as earthquake zones, such as the California coastline, have a surprisingly low risk of damage from those earthquakes. Why? They built anticipating a major quake.
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I think MySpace is doomed, I give them about two more years.... I think Facebook is the next Microsoft in both the bad and the good senses. That's an amazing company that is going to do a lot of good and bad things.
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Scientific management promised to replace rules of thumb with accurate measurements.
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In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
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Real cultural diversity results from the interchange of ideas, products, and influences, not from the insular development of a single national style.
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Live records of mine are very painful to listen to because you always think you can do it better. I don't think I have a single favorite one.
