John Petrucci (John Peter Petrucci) Quotes
Music is a communication. It's a two-way street. You need people to play to in order to make that connection complete. That's the way we look at it.
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In the Gulf War, U.S. Marine Corps wheeled vehicles were killing Iraqi T-72 tanks.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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Raquel Welch is someone I can also live without. We've got some love scenes together and I am dreading them!
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Wal-mart... do they like make walls there?
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The Internet is fascinating but also stupid in a way. You only see two-dimensional images, and you think you've seen it and know it.
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Any reaction is better than none.
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I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps the planets revolving in their orbits and then suddenly stops in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds.
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When I finally held the trophy, it was just how I imagined it would be.
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Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.
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Princes appear to me to be Fools Houses of Commons & Houses of Lords appear to me to be fools they seem to me to be something Else besides Human Life.
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There is no certainty in sciences where one of the mathematical sciences cannot be applied, or which are not in relation with these mathematics.
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A prima descendit origine mundicausarum series.
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I'm a big fan, and I like the idea of fighting Roy Jones Jr.
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I work 90 hours a week. I work 5 to 9, it's not 9 to 5.
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There are millions of people, refugees, who have experienced the same conflicts and struggles I did. They have the same potential to defy the odds and achieve great things.
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I wanted a good relationship with my mother, and I realized I had a choice: Either I could spend all my time angry that she didn't give me the hugs I thought I needed, or I could understand that she hugs differently. It's not a spread-open-the-arms, 'come here' hug. She hugs by sheltering me from her worries.
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I am very harsh on myself. I can point out a list. My nose is very strange. I have a very round face. I sound so ungrateful. Obviously I'm being hard on myself. Whether it's body dysmorphia, or whatever it is, I can always find something wrong.
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Being completely free to choose what to do is actually quite difficult.
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I've never allowed my specific personal practice or belief to be overtly integrated to the music. Because that's crossing the line into, 'We want you to think this.' And that's not what we're about.
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I want to record many albums, have a healthy record label with talented artists, keep building my publishing catalogue, and maintain our culture with good music that will be remembered for years to come.
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The advent of electronically synthesized sound after World War II has unquestionably had enormous influence on music in general.
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Don't think small and expect to have a big life.
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Music is a communication. It's a two-way street. You need people to play to in order to make that connection complete. That's the way we look at it.
