Neil Peart Quotes
Pure libertarianism believes that people will be generous and help each other. Well, they won't. I wish it were so, and I live that way.
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Love is important. I didn't have the energy to be giving it to somebody else in a way that they deserved, and I knew that. So I've always been scared to go too far with somebody I care for because I knew there would come a day when I'd need to pick up and finish a painting for the next three months. That day is inevitable.
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The views of religious-Zionist rabbis are of course worthy of being heard, yet they represent a very defined and very narrow camp within the Israeli spectrum. This is not the way to shape the perception of future division and brigade commanders.
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We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
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I use my platform as a tool and a way to speak about greater change.
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Language is me, in a way. Really, I feel it.
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The best players will play. That's the way it will always be.
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In a world that's smarter than it used to be and, in some ways, smarter than it ought to be, stupidity has a way of making us seem all the more human.
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In a way my reputation has become that of the curmudgeon.
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I hate the way chorus boxes sound.
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My husband is not a jealous person in any way.
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If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
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My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.
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Pakistan is a free country, so according to me, in a free country, it's every right of the citizen to live the way they wish.
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I'm putting myself out there in a way I don't know if I ever have before.
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I started gigging when I was about 16, and I was way too young to be in the clubs.
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I love to draw and paint. I'm very active in that way, but I'm not very good with the written word, though.
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I can be intense in a lot of ways, but not the way you see the guy in 'The Salvation.'
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If you're not in a major city, many bands don't come your way, and you have to really travel to see them.
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Work was like cats were supposed to be: if you disliked and feared it and tried to keep out if its way, it knew at once and sought you out and jumped on your lap and climbed all over you to show how much it loved you. Please God, he thought, don't let me die in harness.
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For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
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When there are multiple versions of a story, you really have three ways to go. You can pick the most sensational version. You can try to balance things in your gut to get to what you think is the honest truth. Or you can err on the side of kindness.
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I'm a very melody-driven writer and I have a rule that I don't write anything down because if I can't remember the melody than it wasn't worth remembering. So it's my way to test myself in the studio. When I was a kid I could sing pretty well so melody always made a lot of sense to me.
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I am proud to stand with hardworking families all over Toledo, Ohio and America who should have the same chance that I did to share in the American dream, which should be big enough for everybody.
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Pure libertarianism believes that people will be generous and help each other. Well, they won't. I wish it were so, and I live that way.
