Neil Peart Quotes
It is impossible to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and be a Republican. It's philosophically absolutely opposed - if they could only think about what they were saying for a minute. That's when you get caught up in the webs of what people call themselves and how they behave.
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I think why I was attracted to making something with Vice is that level of intimacy that you get as the viewer, getting to see some of that production element where we don't exactly know what we're doing, where we're going, or even if it's a good idea.
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It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation.
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Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?
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I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
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I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.
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Thus, the poet's word is beginning to strike forcefully upon the hearts of all men, while absolute men of letters think that they alone live in the real world.
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I couldn't do any of my other characters, you know? But I could have done the lady. Church Lady's Malibu Beach party is an idea I have for a movie, too. Yes.
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I'm focused on getting to a place where we can prove that journalism can make good money on the web.
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I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as about him. It is no longer I, but another whose life is just beginning.
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Whenever I hear that I'm on the brink of stardom, I feel like I want to run into a cave.
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When I was a kid, there was so much talent outside of recorded music.
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The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.
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In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four pots, your kettle's broken.
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For women who turn to welfare, Big Brother becomes Husband.
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I want to let fans know how much I appreciate them and how much I appreciate them showing interest in our music and me personally.
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It got so bad that by the time I was graduated, the only reading I did was in order to get the grade and the only writing I did was in order to get the grade.
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If you love a man, immediately you will reduce your intake of food - it's automatic.
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Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.
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People who are artists professionally are not artists because they want to be artists; they have to be artists. They're compelled to get that creativity out and to share that with others.
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You must not on any account give me credit for being penetrating. I have impressed people that way before, and the result is always disaster.
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Last week, I had to offer my publisher a bottle that was far too good for him simply because there was nothing between the insulting and the superlative.
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It is impossible to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and be a Republican. It's philosophically absolutely opposed - if they could only think about what they were saying for a minute. That's when you get caught up in the webs of what people call themselves and how they behave.
