Neil Peart Quotes

Lotus-land as it appears in 'Free Will' is simply a metaphor for an idealized background, a 'land of milk and honey.' It is sometimes also used as a pejorative name for Los Angeles, though that was not in my mind when I wrote it.

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• When I was drafted to Smackdown, I was like, 'Hell yes, I'm going to captain this ship.' Then I was like, 'Oh, wait, you're losing your best friend and travel partner and the person you enjoy having matches with the absolute most.' That's Charlotte. We travel together, and she is my best friend.

  

  Becky Lynch
  • She
  • Together
  • Friend

• My mom says I'm a fighter, a fierce competitor, and I think I am, too.

  

  Gabby Douglas
  • Mom
  • Fighter
  • Competitor

• A lot of people think that because I'm from Malaysia, I'm driven by Malaysian sound, but actually, it's mostly just my melodies.

  

  Yuna
  • People
  • Think
  • Sound

• I don't think anyone has the right to intrude in your life, but they do. I would like people to separate the actress and the woman.

  

  Ingrid Bergman
  • People
  • Life
  • Woman

• I own nothing; I just stay with friends all over the country.

  

  Taylor Kinney
  • Country
  • Friends
  • Own

• I believe in glamour. I am in favor of a little vanity. I don't rely on just my genes.

  

  Iman
  • Believe
  • Vanity
  • Genes

• A survival tale peels away the niceties and comforts of civilization. Suddenly, all the technology and education in the world means nothing. I think all of us wonder while reading a survival tale, 'What would I have done in this situation? Would I have made it?'

  

  Nathaniel Philbrick
  • World
  • Done
  • Education

• If I had to control what I was speaking, it would be a chore. Right now I just feel I've got my shoes off, everybody comes in, I talk. If I was an actor it could be a problem, but right now I just talk all the crap, I can badmouth anybody I want, I can say what I want and move on.

  

  Tarsem Singh
  • Control
  • Problem
  • Shoes

• Who, other than a crazy person, does anything besides hang up on a robo-call? Any call, any person, anywhere, under any circumstances.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Up
  • Crazy
  • Person

• Historically, epics are set in Africa or Asia or the Wild West, but if you make an epic today it's hard to disassociate from the contemporary realities of those places.

  

  Baz Luhrmann
  • Today
  • You
  • WIld

• I wanted to be an actor from a young age, but actually becoming one and seen the ugly side of the world does feel different and sometimes unwelcome. There are shallow, vapid, untalented people zombieing the streets of Hollywood, adding decadence and immorality to an already extravagant business.

  

  Fran Kranz
  • People
  • World
  • Different

• It is the destiny of mint to be crushed.

  

  Waverley Lewis Root
  • Destiny
  • Crushed
  • Mint

• Write me as one that loves his fellow-men.

  

  H. L. Hunt
  • Men
  • Me
  • Write

• Desde que yo solo sé qué me sucede, no me sucede nada.

  

  Antonio Porchia

• I discovered early in my career as an entrepreneur that I'm not good at many things, and I said 'I need help.'

  

  Alain Bouchard
  • Good
  • Help
  • Career

• When you sit down and think about what rock 'n' roll music really is, then you have to change that question. Played up-tempo, you call it rock 'n' roll; at a regular tempo, you call it rhythm and blues.

  

  Little Richard
  • Up
  • Music
  • Question

• When you're out to get the honey you don't go killing all the bees.

  

  John Graham Mellor The 101ers
  • Get
  • Killing
  • Honey

• Most songwriters who have been lucky enough to have their song on the radio or be heard widely don't know anything about science. The best songs have a strong dose of metaphor. Most songs about science don't have that. Like 'She Blinded Me With Science.' It's a stupid song, no offense to Thomas Dolby.

  

  Gregory Walter Graffin Bad Religion
  • Song
  • Strong
  • Stupid

• I also met Dominique Sanda, who I always worshipped.

  

  Nan Goldin

• My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.

  

  Sam Donaldson
  • School
  • She
  • Mother

• No one has schizophrenia, like having a cold. The patient has not "got" schizophrenia. He is schizophrenic.

  

  R. D. Laing
  • Cold

• Lotus-land as it appears in 'Free Will' is simply a metaphor for an idealized background, a 'land of milk and honey.' It is sometimes also used as a pejorative name for Los Angeles, though that was not in my mind when I wrote it.

  

  Neil Peart Rush
  • Metaphor
  • Los Angeles
  • Honey