Van Morrison Quotes
I was like one of those newspapers, those periodicals. There's all different kinds of alcoholics. There's the everyday kind: that's the consistent one. That's what people think an alcoholic is-but an alcoholic is basically just someone who's allergic to alcohol. That's all it means. It's just an allergy.
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Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than people expect.
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I don't carry a wallet. I keep my cards in my pocket and cash in my boots.
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In the electronic game world, I know I have a reputation for doing the cyberpunk thing, and for doing the serious epic fantasy thing, but if you go back to when I was a kid, I've been a Disney fan all my life.
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The problem men seem to have, and women, too, is that they have this very structured idea that we should find a partner and settle down and be, you know, faithful. And yet clearly this is really, really hard for anybody to do!
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I like walking in Golden Gate Park.
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Fashion is something which is non-lasting; it's ephemeral.
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I'm not a Man U fan at all, but I can't get enough of Rooney. What a joy to watch!
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Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.
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I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.
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Things happen for a reason. I'm happy, but not I'm not satisfied with the things I'm doing.
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In many ways, Scotland will benefit more than other parts of the UK when Universal Credit comes in. A larger percentage of people will see an increase in their income through moving into work or taking on more hours.
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In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
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Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
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Actors who perhaps are super-confident and have absolute belief in themselves I always admire, because I can't really be like that. Because you never know what's right: what you feel inside versus what is portrayed.
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It just feels unnatural to me to broadcast anything other than the character I've created.
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Of course, mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know.
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I'm quitting the business today. I'm going to open up an appliance store, I've always really been into toasters. I'm giving it all up.
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You can't murder a man who's been dead for five centuries.
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There are all these people in this country who are just not participating in the American Dream at all.
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Architecture is, to a certain extent, a sensual gratification. It addresses itself to the eye, and affords the best scope for the parade of barbaric pomp and splendour. It is the form in which the revenues of a semi-civilized people are most likely to be lavished. The most gaudy and ostentatious specimens of it, and sometimes the most stupendous, have been reared by such hands. It is one of the first steps in the great march of civilization.
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When I was at drama school, I remember going to Amsterdam for new year and sitting with friends on the front of a P&O ferry in the wind, having some sort of 'Titanic' moment, declaring ourselves to be the new kings of theatre.
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Everything is your fault if you're any damn good.
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I was like one of those newspapers, those periodicals. There's all different kinds of alcoholics. There's the everyday kind: that's the consistent one. That's what people think an alcoholic is-but an alcoholic is basically just someone who's allergic to alcohol. That's all it means. It's just an allergy.
