Neil Peart Quotes
Features distorted in the flickering lightFaces are twisted and grotesqueSilent and stern in the sweltering nightThe mob moves like demons possessedQuiet in conscience, calm in their rightConfident their ways are best - Witch Hunt (Part III of 'Fear') (1981)
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I am the daughter of the Chairman of the Board and thus, was raised with great music.
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My work is not so much a direct commentary as it is an open-ended observation of the absurdities around us.
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Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.
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Whatever you are doing, give it all of your attention. Prioritise what you're going to do carefully, and then be in the moment.
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But, I couldn't live without creation gymnastics.
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You can be obsessed with makeup and hair products and, you know, your appearance and still be absolutely making smart life decisions and work on your smarts, develop your smarts by studying something like math. Then you'll make much better decisions on the brands of clothing that you buy or whatever it is that you want.
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Weeks go by, and I don't talk to another living soul.
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Good material is good material.
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I guess because of my act, people think that I say things they want to say, and that they can just come up and say anything to me.
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There's a melody in everything. And once you find the melody, then you connect immediately with the heart. Because sometimes English or Spanish, Swahili or any language gets in the way. But nothing penetrates the heart faster than the melody.
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I think that what people imagine they're going through is much worse than what they are going through.
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I feel quite fearless protecting the people I love.
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Why movies are so powerful is because you are right in there and you stay in there until they want you to come out, and then you've really gone somewhere.
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If Queen Elizabeth knighthooded me and I would get the title Sir Usain Bolt. That sounds very nice.
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I have very eclectic taste in music, but when it comes to going to concerts, I like going to rock concerts.
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At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.
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What I think is wonderful is that women are not just avengers or victims in films. They are people. They are characters. It's so refreshing. They're playing different kinds of characters, and they aren't being typecast.
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I can be quite surprised by what makes me cry, but it's usually spiritual things.
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Sometimes I'm scared of being Ozzy Osbourne. But it could have been worse. I could have been Sting.
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I'm a big fan of Barack Obama. I think he carries a heavier burden and is held to a greater and higher standard than other candidates : I think there's a large, large portion of this country that feels disenfranchised and marginalized by the political process.
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For the Eye altering alters all; The Senses roll themselves in fear And the flat Earth becomes a Ball.
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What is the sign of a friend? Is it that he tells you his secret sorrows? No, it is that he tells you his secret joys. Many people will confide their secret sorrows to you, but the final mark of intimacy is when they share their secret joys with you.
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People are looking for a way to take action, to do something other than donate on the Turnpike on their way to work, which seems impersonal.
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Features distorted in the flickering lightFaces are twisted and grotesqueSilent and stern in the sweltering nightThe mob moves like demons possessedQuiet in conscience, calm in their rightConfident their ways are best - Witch Hunt (Part III of 'Fear') (1981)
