Neil Peart Quotes
Now there's no more oak oppressionFor they passed a noble lawAnd the trees are all kept equalBy hatchet, axe and saw - The Trees (1978)
Quotes to Explore
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It is a profound and necessary truth that the deep things in science are not found because they are useful; they were found because it was possible to find them.
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The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time.
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Little by little he came to recognize the difference between the spirits that agitated him, one from the enemy and one from God.
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I can't sing, but I'll sing over this chord progression, like, over and over, for however long it takes - sometimes it's, like, two minutes, sometimes it's 20 minutes - until I've found like a hook or something that I'm really happy with. And then, basically, it just like that's my melody, and that's where I start from.
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Our rights are interconnected and inseparable. When freedom of expression is threatened, the rights to freedom of association and assembly, of thought, conscience and religion, are also compromised.
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I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon as I see the targets, I tune them out.
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Growing up in Kentucky, I used to hang out with four running buddies as a kid - 6, 10, and 11 years old. Two of them would later come out, and so 50 percent of my friends as a kid were gay.
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If there's a common thread to my books, it is that each involves an individual's journey. The individual must stay true to themselves.
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So the storm passed and every one was happy.
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I always wear flat shoes, because I can't walk in anything else.
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You can have the best people in the business, but if they're not collaborating - and they're butting heads - then it's all going to go south.
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There is nothing better than walking out and hitting a home run.
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For me, 'risky' is revealing what really happened in my life through music. Risky is writing confessional songs and telling the true story about a person with enough details so everyone knows who that person is.
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Liverpool is a fundamental part of my life. They don't remember me that way, but time will change that. I could not have chosen a better place to go when I left Atletico.
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Ambiguity lurks in generality and may thus become an instrument of severity.
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This is useful knowledge. With it the blind again see, the lame walk, the ill recover, the insane become sane and the sane become saner. By its use the thousand abilities Man has sought to recover become his once more.
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The same intact culture that made them good businessmen also made many of them lousy parents.
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Teaching children to debate without teaching children to listen is divorce training.
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Early in my career, I was really spoiled with a beautiful project. I got such a good start that I thought, 'Why would I ever take a step back?' Why would I take on something that wasn't meaningful - to me, if nobody else - and powerful and groundbreaking?
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When it comes to whaling, Iceland is an international outlaw. Years of global negotiations and declarations have failed utterly to end its illegal slaughter of whales. It's time to send Iceland a message it can't ignore: trade sanctions.
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In order to get to where I want to be, I have to do the right things off the field, first.
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We need to do a better job of understanding what the world is.
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In high school, I used to teach guitar and fix computers by the hour. I was looking for some way to make some cash, so I actually learned how to play guitar in order to try to teach it.
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Now there's no more oak oppressionFor they passed a noble lawAnd the trees are all kept equalBy hatchet, axe and saw - The Trees (1978)
