Van Morrison Quotes
The idea [of A Period of Transition album] was to get a break from everything for a while because I've been doing it for so long. I started doing it when I was 12.
Quotes to Explore
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I work hard at my job, and I guess hard work pays off.
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The greatest mathematicians, as Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss, always united theory and applications in equal measure.
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It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest.
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If you have two parents who have to work, who want to work, you need to have someone to guide your child.
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When I was a child, I'd see a movie, I took it for what it was, I enjoyed it. And if I believed it I would tend to be more interested in knowing more about it.
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I actually like football a great deal.
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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
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In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss.
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I'm not saying I'm a paragon of virtue, but it's hard for me not to be honorable.
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I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people wanted to see something new on television.
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I'm not very well known. However, the more well known you get, the more people are going to have expectations of you. Although that's great, it also imposes certain pressures.
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Economists of a classical bent lay a large part of the decline of employment, and thus lagging output, to a contraction of labour supply.
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On what can we now place our hopes of solving the many riddles which still exist as to the origin and composition of cosmic rays? It must be emphasized here above all that to attain really decisive progress greater funds must be made available.
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Good science fiction is always based in contemporary truths.
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I have an irregular heartbeat, so that means a fair amount of medication - and I have blood pressure pills, too, but no vitamins or supplements.
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Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.
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By knowing your character so well you can't go wrong. All of us kind of fell into that.
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A warrior is free to be a hero and pull off daring do and the soldier is irresponsible if he does it.
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Above all, I want to be happy, and at Barcelona, I'm happy.
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I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books balance pretty well.
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Lipstick is the easiest way to dress up without doing a lot, but it's hard to maintain, so I always opt for nudes if I'm going out for a long time.
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Because many squid have brain nerve fibres that are hundreds of times thicker than those of humans, neuroscientists have long used them for research. These nerve fibres have led to so many breakthroughs in the study of neurons that many scientists joke that the squid should receive a Nobel Prize.
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People thought I was cocky because I didn't talk much. When I first turned pro, reporters asked me who was going to win. I'd say, 'I am' because it was the easier than giving some long, drawn-out answer.
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The idea [of A Period of Transition album] was to get a break from everything for a while because I've been doing it for so long. I started doing it when I was 12.
