Neil Peart Quotes

It astonished me in the early Nineties to suddenly have musicians admit that they had been inspired and influenced by us. That meant a lot at that time. But of course, being human, the... disrespect isn't even strong enough a word, is it? The opprobrium was painful. Being popular and hated is not satisfying.

Neil Peart

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Meanwhile, politics is about getting a candidate in front of the public as a star, politics as rock'n'roll, politics as a movie.

Joe Eszterhas

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My grandparents would never admit to being Tasmanian, but I think it's really great and funny. But I guess, in the past, Tasmanians just weren't quite accepted. You had that lazy reference to them being felons.

Jessie Cave

FunnyGreatPastThinkYouAdmit

So much talent comes from the base of poverty and those in the margins. You limit the base, you miss too much talent.

Jesse Jackson

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Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit.

Andrei Sakharov

StrengthFastBeliefHuman Spirit

Will the industry outsource more? I think it depends on the client base.

Andrew Gould

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We were all on this ship in the sixties, our generation, a ship going to discover the New World. And the Beatles were in the crow's nest of that ship.

John Lennon

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I was really just the tea boy to begin with, or the equivalent thereof, but I quickly announced, innocently but very ambitiously, that I wanted to be, I was going to be, a foreign correspondent.

Christiane Amanpour

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I don't really seek out vegetarian spots... but mainly, I know how to work a menu no matter where I am.

Christie Brinkley

WorkI AmKnowMatterVegetarian

The only risk we run is by doing nothing.

Brian Higgins

DoingRunNothingRiskOnly

No-huddle is something that I'm very comfortable with.

Brock Osweiler

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The great dream merchant Disney was a success because make-believe was what everyone seemed to need in a spiritually empty land.

Arthur Erickson

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For decades, there has been this assumption that children played and adults didn't. That's rubbish.

Brian Sutton-Smith

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