Neil Peart Quotes
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Cast in this unlikely roleIll-equipped to actWith insufficient tactOne must put up barriersTo keep oneself intact - Limelight (1981)
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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)
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All the busy little creatureschasing out their destinies.Living in their poolsthey soon forget about the sea... - Natural Science (1980)
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To me, drum soloing is like doing a marathon and solving equations at the same time.
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I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose freewill.
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Howard Roark stood as a role model for me - as exactly the way I already was living. Even at that tender age [18] I already felt that. And it was intuitive or instinctive or inbred stubbornness or whatever; but I had already made those choices and suffered for them.
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I'm a linear thinking agnostic, but not an atheist folks.
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If you want something done right, just forget it.
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I still totally believe in individual rights and individual responsibility and in choosing to do good.
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Live for yourself... there's no one else more worth living for...
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We each pay a fabulous priceFor our visions of paradiseBut a spirit with a vision is a dreamWith a mission - Mission (1987)
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Stamina is the force that drives the drumming; it's not really a sprint.
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Different hearts beat on different strings.
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To you, is it movement, or is it action?Is it contact or just reaction?And you, revolution, just resistance?Is it living, or just existence? - The Enemy Within (Part I of 'Fear') (1984)
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Courageous convictions will drag the dream into existence.
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Sometimes you're up against everybody in the whole world - even your friends and family are saying, "You need a single." You feel sometimes incredibly alone.
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More a paraphrase than a quote, really, but it comes from a prayer which was stitched into a sampler above my grandmother's bed. It began like this: 'Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep...'
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Faith is cold as ice.Why are little ones born only to sufferfor the want of immunity, or a bowl of rice?Well, who would hold a price on the heads of the innocent childrenif there's some immortal power to control the dice? - Roll The Bones (1991)
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Waiting for the winds of change to sweep the clouds away. Waiting for the rainbow's end to cast its gold your way ... You don't get something for nothing. You can't have freedom for free.
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Today is different, and tomorrow the same.It's hard to take the world the way that it came.Too many rapids keep us sweeping along.Too many captains keep on steering us wrong.It's hard to take the heat.It's hard to lay blame.To fight the fire, while we're feeding the flames. - Second Nature (1987)
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A planet of playthingsWe dance on the strings of powers we cannot perceiveThe stars aren't aligned or the gods are malignedBlame is better to give than receive - Freewill (1980)
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Better the pride that resides as a citizen of the world than a pride that divides when a colorful rag is unfurled.
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It's always a happy day when YYZ appears on our luggage tags.
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I'm not looking back, but I want to look around me now. - Time Stand Still (1987)