Neil Peart Quotes
I had spindly little ankles, and growing up in Canada, I couldn't skate. I was no good at any sports so was very much a pariah through those adolescent years.
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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
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There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
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It is possible to tolerate anything as long as it only affects you. But the method of collective punishment is bigger than that.
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Life is like a movie-since there aren't any commercial breaks, you have to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of it.
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Nothing exists except through language.
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An unlimited America was the vision for the nation set forth by our Founding Fathers. It is the vision enshrined in those two great charters of freedom: our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution. Many of America's most intractable problems stem from the fact that we have strayed from that vision - and lost direction.
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Having kids is something I want to see in my future - I hope.
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You do the policy, I'll do the politics.
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The military is a machine of war. Not a law enforcement agency.
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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure.
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The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
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As cliched as it sounds, I'm taking every day as it comes.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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Except for the Bible, the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
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To keep your job, you fire others or bench them or trade them. You have to do the thinking for 25 guys, and you can't be too close to any of them.
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I love all animals. I just happen to prefer cats. They're really chill, and they're loving yet not loving. I relate to them, in a way.
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Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.
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For people to even think that I'd be considered or a good candidate for a supporting actress nomination is mind blowing to me.
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Good teams I played on... just the tone that they play with, the energy they play with, how they go about it. When you get it going the right way, you get everyone going in the same direction and it's a powerful thing.
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I don't live life with a ton of regrets.
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Whenever I think of baseball, the first name that comes to mind is Babe Ruth. What the Babe was to baseball, Shula is to football coaching. There are certain figures in sports who are larger than the games they play or coach, and Don Shula is one of those.
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If you see in sports at a super high level, people get hurt or have injuries when there isn't that pleasure, the true pleasure of the sport, when they're tired or demoralized or they're not quite focused.
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There are times when a sports figure doesn't deserve sympathy.
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I had spindly little ankles, and growing up in Canada, I couldn't skate. I was no good at any sports so was very much a pariah through those adolescent years.
