Van Morrison Quotes
If the spirit comes through in a Madame George type of song, that's what the spirit says. You have very little to do with it. You're like an instrument for what's coming through.
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People said, 'How could you walk away from music?' But being a dad - there's nothing that can touch that.
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If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.
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The U.S. won the majors 29-11 in the 1980s. That's when Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus were carrying the ball, and when Seve Ballesteros was becoming a Brit in the minds of English and Scottish journalists.
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I have often heard that the novel is dead. But I see novels produced, I don't know how many a week, in France. I have the impression it's carrying along quite well.
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We cannot let our respect for the FBI blind us from the fact the FBI has sometimes come up short of our expectations.
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Anti-religious sneers are a hallmark of perpetual adolescents.
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'The Last Airbender' is genetically engineered for me. I love martial arts. I study it. The movie's based on a lot of Buddhist and Hindu philosophy. I was raised Hindu.
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The state of law is equal for all people. It cannot depend on electoral politics.
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There was no religion in my life growing up. Did God invent us or did we invent God?
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I just can't see myself as a trophy wife. I can't imagine not having my own life.
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Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.
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You can't get a job without experience and you can't get experience until you have a job. Once you solve that problem you are home free.
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I remind everybody that the Sabbath was the Jewish gift to civilization.
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Being the Children's Laureate has been educational, sometimes hectic, but most of all, great fun.
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Brides today are increasingly sensitive to the tastes, feelings and finances of their attendants.
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Food can bring people together in a way nothing else could.
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One of the sad commentaries on the way women are viewed in our society is that we have to fit one category. I have never felt that I had to be in one category.
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What's popular in places considered ghettos - whether that's the inner city or Appalachia - is having a decent quality of life.
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Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim.
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As a newspaper reporter, I covered and was around a fair number of crime scenes involving juvenile delinquents, and few things bothered me more than listening to their parents. Crying, ranting, proclaiming how great their children were despite being kicked out of school or previous run-ins with the law.
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When I go onstage, I'm going to work ...I feel like my performance is about an emotional connection. I want to connect with people, whether it's like a romantic song or a happy song.
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A pygmy standing on the outward crust of this small planet, his far-reaching spirit stretches outward to the infinite, and there alone finds rest.
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Once a president gets to the White House, the only audience that is left that really matters is history.
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If the spirit comes through in a Madame George type of song, that's what the spirit says. You have very little to do with it. You're like an instrument for what's coming through.
