Van Morrison Quotes
I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've felt like howling at the moon a lot of times!
Quotes to Explore
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Human beings love stories because they safely show us beginnings, middles and ends.
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I tend not to wear ties very often. I'm usually in old stuff: Hermes or Marc Jacobs boots and jeans and a T-shirt and a leather jacket or a jean jacket.
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CNN is getting smarter, and you can feel it in the stories, you can feel it in the depth with which they're covered, the kinds of people in terms of guests who are brought on air, the way in which issues are discussed.
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I live in a landscape, which every single day of my life is enriching.
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The business part of it can be very vexing. You always have to keep certain metrics and everything. Because all I can do is make a good show.
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Perspective in art has receded along with harmony in music: We tend more and more to see the world as a heap of intrinsically meaningless fragments.
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Urfa chillies are a Turkish variety that are mild on heat but big on aroma. They're sweet, smoky, a lovely dark red, and go with just about anything.
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The moral of a fable is eternal. The moral of a story is temporary to a story.
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Disneyland is the star, everything else is in the supporting role.
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I'm less interested in how people are following each other and more interested in how they are following topics and tweets themselves. People are following more key words and concepts and more ideas and acting on those rather than individuals or organizations.
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I had to deal with being somewhat of an outcast because it's not socially acceptable to be a struggling musician. There have been times where I've felt sorry for the person I was dating. I felt she deserved better.
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The sound of the blades on the ice in the morning is like smelling fresh coffee.
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I've learned the importance of loving what you do. I have also learned more patience due to the nature of the music business.
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I hate to lose. It's a bad feeling, but, I mean, it kind of gets you resettled, gets you back right.
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I really thank my parents for giving me the good sense to not get into anything wrong. There are many people around who like controversies, and I actually wonder how do they do it. I don't have the courage to get into controversies. There are people who love it; I find it silly.
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I love comedy; I'm very goofy and spontaneous.
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I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it.
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Equality in education is my number one battle.
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The wise man knows of all things, as far as possible, although he has no knowledge of each of them in detail.
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We teach people how to remember, we never teach them how to grow.
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I always love to push myself, because I am not so self-confident.
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Songs are a way to express what I have felt. A way to understand what happened to me or to other people.
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I'm heartened that, for the first time, we're seeing some of the Internet Service Providers and the social media sites taking action against the Islamic State. That's the kind of initiative that can very, very much augment on an industrial scale what the government is trying to do.
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I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've felt like howling at the moon a lot of times!
