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“Pete Townsend for me was a huge influence. Because essentially they were a three-piece band and the way he structured his chords and took up a lot of space musically in the songs was really important to the way Rush developed. Geddy and Neil both were such active players and lot of the time we were all playing like crazy and it was too much and somebody had to reel it in and me being the faceless guy, I would do that,”
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“Take a deep breath, relax and imagine yourself exactly as you wish to be.”
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“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”
Source : Introductory speech at a session of the French Academy, December 24, 1896.
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“The real investment in life is not so much in the house you have, or the car. Your real investment is what you carry in the heart, and if you carry that passion for anything that you do, then nothing can really stop you. You enjoy the greater moments of everything,”
Source : "Explorer Mike Horn: Your Real Investment In Life Is Not Your House Or Your Car" by Alison Zaslav, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 4, 2014. 
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“Who could be luckier than to be paid fairly well, which to be honest MPs are, for pursuing their hobby.? That's what politics is.”
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“A black, a Puerto Rican and a Mexican are in a car. Who's driving? The police.”
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“You will find your way. Don't be afraid of getting stuck in some of the necessary compromises. Learn everything you can from each experience, even if something seems irrelevant to your true purpose.”
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“I was literally fabricated over in France and born about six months after the boat landed at Ellis Island. This was the heart of the Depression. For the first 12 years of my life we lived in a terrible ghetto on the East River.”
Source : "One-On-One With Bob Cousy". Interview with Clark Booth, www.goholycross.com. December 19, 2008.
