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Extroverts never understand introverts, and it was like that in school days.

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Neil Peart
Age: 67 †
Born: 1952
Born: September 12
Died: 2020
Died: January 7
Composer
Drummer
Jazz Musician
Lyricist
Musician
Record Producer
Songwriter
Writer
City of Hamilton
Neil Ellwood Peart
School
Never
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Introverts
Extroverts
Introvert
Days
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Dedicated to the future, with honor to the past.
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