Rich's     Quotes   Selections from Rush lyrics by Neil Peart.  
 

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  "These walls that still surround me still contain the same old me: Just one more who's searching for a world that ought to be." - "Circumstances"  

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  "If you chose not to decide you still have made a choice." - "Free Will"  

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  "All the world's indeed a stage, and we are merely players, performers, and portrayers, Each another's audience.." - "Limelight"  

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  "Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand. Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand." - "Witch Hunt"  

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  "Everybody's got mixed feelings about the function and the form. Everybody's got to deviate from the norm." - "Vital Signs"  

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  "Some are born to move the world and live their fantasies, But most of us just dream about the things we'd like to be. Sadder still to watch it die than never to have known it. For you, the blind who once could see, the bell tolls for thee.." - "Losing It"  

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  "Today is different, and tomorrow the same. It's hard to take the world the way that it came." - "Second Nature"  

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  "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. We fight the fire while we're feeding the flames." - "Second Nature"  

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  "From the point of conception to the moment of truth, At the point of surrender to the burden of proof, From the point of ignition to the final drive, The point of the journey is not to arrive." - "Prime Mover"  

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  "Anything can happen." - "Prime Mover"  

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  "It's not a matter of mercy, It's not a matter of laws. Plenty of people will kill you for some fanatical cause." - "Lock and Key"  

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  "All of us get lost in the darkness; Dreamers learn to steer by the stars. All of us do time in the gutter; Dreamers turn to look at the cars." - "The Pass"  

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  "It's not as if this barricade blocks the only road. It's not as if you're all alone in wanting to explode. Someone set a bad example, made surrender seem all right - The act of a noble warrior who lost the will to fight." - "The Pass"  

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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 withought a fight." - "Resist"   

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