Alex Lifeson Quotes
A lot of '2112' was written in the back seat of a car and in cold dressing rooms while on tour in northern Ontario.
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By the end of high school, I would do shows at the theater at night and then take the train home and go to school the next morning.
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I like the dark undertow of grime, and it gets me aggressive. You need that aggression.
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I hope that the opening of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial will be a life-altering experience that inspires every American to rededicate themselves to the fulfillment of Dr. King's dream.
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A revolution is not an event. It's a process. And it takes its time.
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I have come here only to share the voices and dreams of our children - because they are all our children.
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He passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and the torment in the world through man, rationally and emotionally. The poet then becomes a danger.
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I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman.
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There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
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Every day you wake up is an opportunity to go beyond, and that 's why I let my band go right now. For the first time in my life I'm just roaming around, vagabonding.
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It's great fun to play with a really good band.
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With social media, you don't just publish a book and figure you've done your part; your fans want to talk to you, have a conversation. It means, though, that you can connect with your readers like never before, so you don't have to guess what they like - you can ask.
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My own military background is wholly un-distinguished. I was a sergeant.
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I find theater very lazy and artificial, and then when it's not, it lacks refinement.
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What I think happens today is that a lot of filmmakers look at other films that are retro pieces, like L.A. Confidential, and say, oh, that's period. We didn't want to do the stereotypical stuff.
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'Friends' played in this territory of being funny, and then also just grabbing your heart. And not afraid of that. It was a comedic soap opera. Not being afraid to have an audience feel something, laugh and cry, was quite extraordinary and quite wonderful.
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We appreciate quiet living. It's not exactly a Hollywood way of life - I couldn't stand living out in Hollywood because you can never escape from the business. All people ever do is talk about movies. At least in New York you can have some other life.
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I think there's a really mature side of me that can deal with problems - but when I'm with my friends, I get to act much more kidlike.
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I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night the clocks are set ahead.
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I eat way too fast.
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Death is no different whined at than withstood.
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When a man becomes old, his greed becomes young: sleep grows heavy at the time of morning.
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I think that if you grind your spices and keep them in small batches, you can use them in endless ways. The key thing is to have a spice mill or a coffee grinder, and to keep your spices cold and in tightly lidded boxes.
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We used to dial; now we speed dial. We used to read; now we speed read. We used to walk; now we speed walk. And of course, we used to date, and now we speed date. And even things that are by their very nature slow - we try and speed them up, too.
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A lot of '2112' was written in the back seat of a car and in cold dressing rooms while on tour in northern Ontario.
