Neil Peart Quotes
You don't get something for nothingYou can't have freedom for free.You won't get wiseWith the sleep still in your eyesNo matter what your dream might be. - Something for Nothing (1976)
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I just see religious freedom, as a category, as just being a black hole.
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For me, Westernization is not about consuming fanciful goods; it's about a system of free speech, democracy, egalitarianism and respect for the people's rights and dignity.
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You learn as you grow up, if you're intelligent - or even three-quarter witted - that there's no free lunch. You pay for things in various ways. Living, loving, everything else is a matter of the same principles: you learn to work with what you have.
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It's really exciting to be able to represent the cruiserweights and go to Monday Night Raw. I grew up watching Monday Night Raw, and it's really a big dream of mine to perform on that stage.
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It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.
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When I have a bad day, I dream about opening up a gelato stand on the streets of Sydney, Australia. Doesn't everyone have a random escape fantasy?
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I have a constitutional weakness in which I am very easily distracted by flashing lights. If there is a TV on in the room, I can't have a conversation with you. I won't eat, I won't sleep, I'll just meld with my couch.
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Freedom is never given; it is won.
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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
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As delicate as 'Guy and Madeline' was, it was important that 'Whiplash' come off as more of a fever dream.
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Being traditional is a choice for me. South Indian families bring up their children with a sense of freedom, self-respect and self-value. We do whatever we have to with earnestness and honesty, including being uninhibited. Yet we hold onto our roots.
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You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.
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No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.
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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 tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.
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President Obama wants to increase the size of government and raise taxes, while I support less government and more individual freedom.
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In the United States, there one feels free... Except from the Americans - but every pearl has its oyster.
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I've been recording audiobooks for more than 30 years. I've recorded over 500 titles on all sort of things. I'm a sort of genre-free recording artist - classics and romances, I just finished a sci-fi book, self help... just all kinds of things.
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All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
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You cannot be the leader of the free world and sit on the sidelines and tweet and think you're going to get the job done.
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St. Andrews is the Home of Golf and the greatest course in the world. Any time you can win at St. Andrews would be special. It's every golfer's dream to win out here.
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It is the ability to choose which makes us human.
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I listen to lots of artists. But I remember discovering John Mayer, whose music made me want to write my own. And so I did.
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You don't get something for nothingYou can't have freedom for free.You won't get wiseWith the sleep still in your eyesNo matter what your dream might be. - Something for Nothing (1976)
