Neil Peart Quotes
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All history is defined by shifting modes of reality and time and how things change. That's what I love about cinema. It changes in the moment.
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The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.
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I think that's what the most fascinating part of getting to know someone is - to see how they do things, and how their way of doing things is different from your way of doing things, and the fun of trying to do it their way and to see what value there is in looking at things from their perspective.
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By the way, intelligence to me isn't just being book-smart or having a college degree; it's trusting your gut instincts, being intuitive, thinking outside the box, and sometimes just realizing that things need to change and being smart enough to change it.
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If there's one thing that I've done on purpose it's to take whatever job, so long as it's interesting and challenging, whether it's theatre, radio, TV or film.
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The Reserve Bank cannot just exist; its ability to say 'no' has to be protected.
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There's millions of gay people in the world. In 2011, you've got to hide that you're gay? Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, be real.
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Ohio has long been an embarrassment to charter-school supporters nationwide, with its trail of scandal and graft and abysmal student performance.
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Dreams are not without meaning wherever thay may come from-from fantasy, from the elements, or from other inspiration.
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You would never see me driving around in a sports car. I feel like you're so low and squish-able by transport trucks.
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I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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The whole fame question is one that is constantly intriguing to me. I think that fame is something that other people create about you. Whether you jump into that or not is up to you – and whether you have the talents for jumping into it or not.
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The surveillance of ordinary people is far greater than I would have imagined and far greater than the American public has been able to debate.
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There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.
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Any time you challenge a big powerful person or special interest, there's going to be blowback.
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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It's interesting having a son. Someone told me that it's good when you have a son first because when you have a daughter first and then a son, you think your son's slow. A lot of parents freak out because they've seen a daughter progress so quickly, and they think their male child is, like, damaged. But boys are just naturally slow.
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In the Depression we had to divert corn acreage.
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I think sequels should be earned and we won't do it unless the script is better than the first one.
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And she felt like they, the two of them, right here, right now, could make something that defied tragedy.
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I can't stand a ballplayer who plays in fear. Anybody who has a good shot has got to take it and keep taking it. So he misses...so what?
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My mom didn't let me play tackle until I was in high school. She didn't want me to get hurt.
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If I do something weird, play it twice and it's a new part.
