Alex Lifeson Quotes
But I think the credit has to go to Geddy... he spent a lot of time in the studio with Paul, I think he needed that kind of focus to be in there to be a part of the whole thing, and for the most part he made all the major decisions.
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Flying down a tunnel of 1s and 0s is not how hacking is really done.
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Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
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Steve Jobs has been right twice. The first time we got Apple. The second time we got NeXT. The Macintosh ruled. NeXT tanked. Still, Jobs was right both times.
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How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them.
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The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.
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If I'm gonna write songs about my exes, they can write songs about me. That's how it works.
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I'm working on a movie called 'Labor Day' with Kate Winslet while still balancing kite boarding. Being an actress and an athlete is a challenge, but I'm excited to see what happens.
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Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.
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What makes you a Christian is whether or not you really are in accord with biblical theology and whether you know Jesus Christ as your Saviour.
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So being two different people in one day unnerved me to no end.
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I love working with a cast and a group of people every day, which is different than recording because you're usually pretty isolated and alone. They serve as a good balance for each other.
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On top of my to-do list in preparing for Beijing is 'On China' by Henry Kissinger, who has had firsthand experience with every top Chinese leader since Mao, so his insights are valuable and his access is perhaps unrivaled.
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I secretly wanted to act. I also wanted be a toy designer and make puppets.
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I was kind of bored playing drums in a band. Which was depressing, because playing in the band was kind of a golden ticket.
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Just making the crowd laugh is not really doing things for me anymore. That's just knowing how to kill; I've learned how to kill – but also learned when a crowd's laughter is meaningful.
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Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate.
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Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.
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When a crowd rushes into your house without declaring its intention, it is, by definition, an invasion.
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I used to work with mentally disabled people when I was 18 or 19, changing diapers and catheters. I was working, like, 16 hour night shifts, having to distribute meds and go capture people who would break out of the house. Sometimes they'd have seizures, and we'd have to rush them to the hospital. That was an interesting time, very humbling.
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Coming to Paris has been a wonderful experience, surprising in many respects, one of them being to find how much of an American I am.
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While I was with Procol Harum, the only time I'd see my guitar was either when I walked onstage or in the studio.
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You always look ahead to what you'll do next.
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Superheroes fill a gap in the pop culture psyche, similar to the role of Greek mythology. There isn't really anything else that does the job in modern terms. For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously.
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But I think the credit has to go to Geddy... he spent a lot of time in the studio with Paul, I think he needed that kind of focus to be in there to be a part of the whole thing, and for the most part he made all the major decisions.
