Neil Peart Quotes

Once, I went speeding past an old couple and smiled as I imagined their conversation: him grumbling about me and her telling him not to be such an old grouch. Then, suddenly I was in tears, thinking, 'I'll never get to be a grumpy old grandpa!'

Neil Peart

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PastMeTearsThinkingConversation

Meditation demands an astonishingly alert mind; it is the understanding of the totality of life in which every form of fragmentation has ceased.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

LifeMindUnderstandingMeditation

Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about a month, make one brave push and see what can be accomplished in a week.

Robert Louis Stevenson

BraveDoctorPushWeekYearYou

I think social media is... really cool in the sense that I don't think that a writer like me would've found a readership if maybe Instagram wasn't there.

Rupi Kaur

Social MediaMeCoolThinkMedia

I like America to some extent.

Michael Moore

AmericaLikeSomeExtent

People who are offended by the Ten Commandments have a deeper problem than the stone that it's written on, I think.

Judy Martz

PeopleThinkProblemStoneOffended

Those of us who believe in God and those of us who have dedicated our lives to helping others in the name of God don't want to take a second seat to anyone who is suggesting that one word out of the platform means that the Democrats across America are godless.

Dick Durbin

GodBelieveNameAmericaWantOut

In 'Gran Torino,' I play a guy who's racially offensive. But he learned. It shows that you're never too old to learn and embrace people that you don't understand to begin with. It seems like nobody else got that message, I guess.

Clint Eastwood

PeopleLearnYouPlayNobodyNever

Writing can't be taught.

Susanna Moore

WritingTaught

Having challenges in your life open doors for you.

Payal Kadakia

LifeChallengesDoorsYouOpen Doors

There is such a hype and a big build up to me, and it's very hard to meet those expectations. That's been a big stress in my life.

Shawn Mendes

LifeStressMeExpectationsMy Life

'Die a Happy Man' was one of those that, when I wrote it and sent it to my label, their response was, 'This is a career record.' I was like, 'Why do you think that?' I think the stars aligned.

Thomas Rhett

StarsManHappyThinkDieYou

The human soul is heavy, clumsy, held in the mud of the flesh. Its perceptions are still coarse and brutish. It can divine nothing clearly, nothing with certainty.

Nikos Kazantzakis

SoulNothingMudHumanCertainty

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