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.
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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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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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Being first lady is a full-time job. Betty Ford worked full time and should have received a salary. Michelle Obama works full time and should be paid.
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The U.K. is one of the places that has always been an advocate of my music and I spend a lot of time touring here. I've got family and friends over here, but more than that, there's a large Jamaican community and the Jamaican culture is very widespread in the U.K. which I love.
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In the long run, your human capital is your main base of competition. Your leading indicator of where you're going to be 20 years from now is how well you're doing in your education system.
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Irony is the bringing together of two contradictory truths and to make out of the contradiction a new truth, with a laugh or a smile.
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I have absolutely no desire and no thought of quitting ever.
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I was around a lot of gospel as a kid.
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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.
