Neil Peart Quotes
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You can do a lot in a lifetime, if you don't burn out too fast/You can make the most of the distance/First you need endurance/First you've got to last.
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I remain the optimist: you just do your best and hope for the best. But it's an evolving state of mind.
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No, his mind is not for rent To any God or government Always hopeful yet discontent He knows changes aren't permanent But change is.
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Let your heart be the anchor and the beat of your song.
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All four winds together can't bring the world to me Shadows cast a play of light, so much I want to see Chase the sun around the world, I want to look at life-In the Available Light. I'll go with the wind, I'll stand in the light.
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A quality of justice A quantity of light A particle of mercy Makes the color of right.
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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.
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Innocence gave me confidence to go up against reality.
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When I'm riding my motorcycle, I'm glad to be alive. When I stop riding my motorcycle, I'm glad to be alive.
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Once I had defined myself as a compositional drummer, I thought, "Well, I want to be an improvisational drummer."
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...The important thing is: if you fail once, or if your luck is bad this time, the dream is still there. A dream is only over if you give it up-or if it comes true.
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What is a master but a master student? And if that's true, then there's a responsibility on you to keep getting better and to explore avenues of your profession.
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I have come to believe that anger and grudges are burning embers in the heart.
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People don't realize the limitations of 200 words, and the way they get chiselled down into a song that has to be sung.
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It is impossible to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and be a Republican. It's philosophically absolutely opposed - if they could only think about what they were saying for a minute. That's when you get caught up in the webs of what people call themselves and how they behave.
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You can't get wise with sleep still in your eyes no matter what your dream might be.
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Could hell be a place where there is no self-respect? A place where people have no pride in their own existence or behavior, and thus would have none for anyone or anything else?
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Dedicated to the future, with honor to the past.
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The ones we wish could hear us have heard it all before.
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Like a force of nature love can fade with the stars at dawn...
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You can surrender without a prayer, but never really pray without surrender. You can fight without ever winning, but never ever win without a fight.
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Standing in front of a microphone where every word or every slip that you make, especially in these times, is with you forever - you want to say the right thing. I fell into having to extemporize, and it came okay because of tools I've learned. I said [to myself], "Remember [to mention] mom and dad."
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I'm still no good at ball-and-stick games. If I go play golf with the guys, it's intended to be a joke.
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If you've got a problem, take it out on a drum.