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 spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.
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If you have the ideas, and you're a creative person, then you don't really differentiate in how your ideas manifest themselves.
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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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Human beings are at their core defined by what they worship rather than primarily by what they think, know, or believe. That is bound up with the central Augustinian claim that we are what we love.
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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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It takes two to speak the truth, - one to speak, and another to hear.
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That's the great thing about being a director. You have your list of things you have to worry about and things you don't have to worry about. If you can hire someone or cast someone who equates to not having to worry about, it's great!
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From being a waiter, to a door-to-door salesman, to a car-washer, to a delivery boy - I have done it all.
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Simply put, drilling in ANWR would be expensive, environmentally devastating, and would do very little to fix our energy crisis or to bring down the price of oil and gasoline.
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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.
