Van Morrison Quotes
I was just getting tired of the image bullshit...that man of mystery trip and what have you. What's that all about?
Quotes to Explore
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We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.
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I can now say that the more I learnt about Islam, the more tolerant I became.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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I didn't want to be a number. I didn't want to be an object.
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During the civilisation and development process of more than 5,000 years, the Chinese nation has made an indelible contribution to the civilisation and advancement of mankind.
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No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite.
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Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.
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I got to say 'Hi' to Dolly Parton, which my mom thought was kind of cool.
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I'm convinced the fall of Aleppo will not end the war.
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I've always been an actor, a lowly actor without power, so I've never been corrupted. I've never even directed.
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
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I choose projects that resonate with me on some personal level and projects that I'm afraid to do. If I'm afraid to do them, then I usually say yes, because it means that I'm not ready to go there and deal with certain aspects of the script. And that means that I need to do it, because the things that scare you only make you better and stronger.
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I like to escape; I like to write when I go on a walk - I'm kind of very fairy that way. I get inspired by the wind. Or when I daydream, that's when I write.
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I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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I know no man who feels deeper disgust than I do at the ambition, avarice, and profligacy of the priesthood, as well because every one of these vices is odious in itself, as because each of them separately and all of them together are utterly abhorrent in men making profession of a life dedicated to God.
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Once in awhile, there's stuff that makes me say, That's what theatre's about. It has to be a human event on the stage, and that doesn't happen very often.
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Christ didn't choose the rich to preach the doctrine; he choose 12 poor ignorant workers - that is, he chose the proletariat of the times.
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The whole story of migration and what that has done in interconnecting the planet is obviously something I've written about a lot.
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Your heavenly home was bought for a price, and that payment results in a title deed that can never be lost through foreclosure.
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I survived a number of garage bands during my teens and early twenties, both as drummer and guitarist. It's nigh impossible for me to listen to music without parsing it.
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If there is one thing that the women and men of the late 20th century who have an awareness and enjoyment of history can be sure of, it is that Islam was not sent from Heaven to foster egotism and mediocrity.
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In our culture we make heroes of the men who sit on top of a heap of money, and we pay attention not only to what they say in their field of competence, but to their wisdom on every other question in the world.
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I was just getting tired of the image bullshit...that man of mystery trip and what have you. What's that all about?
