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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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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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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In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
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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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The government deficit is the difference between the amount of money the government spends and the amount it has the nerve to collect.
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Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.
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The Empress has been connected with the ideas of universal fecundity and in a general sense with activity.
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Our population is headed for a stable plateau, which means an aging population.
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Grace is my favourite church word. A state of being. Something you can pray for. Something God can grant. Something you can obtain. Perfection is out of reach. But grace -- grace you can reach for.
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This one fact alone, Rachmael reflected, should have frightened the rational citizen. But-The people did not know. The media had not reported it.
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People are saying that Rick Perry is really tough because he has executed over 200 people. And that was just while he was on vacation in Florida.
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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.
