Van Morrison Quotes
Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat.
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I listen to Helmet - and I love Helmet, they're a great band - but every song sounds the same.
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Devotion complete culminates in knowledge supreme.
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft.
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With Lille, we could have gone to the South of France, and people wouldn't have recognised us. But at Chelsea, the players are at another level. Everything has changed – the language, the country – but it is up to me to adapt.
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Music will always be my greatest passion.
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Often what we do is open our house for various charity events. I don't seat according to protocol. I don't invite people because of who they are in the administration or their positions of power. The few who do come, are there because I like them.
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It was kind of good that I wasn't doing the Hollywood high life and stuff like that when I was 18, 19, 20, 21.
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You know, the Brits had a way of - running an empire. And I don't think America is comfortable with an empire.
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I just have always felt that I think we know that it's an ensemble show, and it's very hard to pick a show to submit when you're nominated, because usually everyone has a very strong part in every episode.
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With Twitter, you can build your own virtual trading floor and research department, populated by the smartest people on earth. Almost any subject or sector has you can think of, you can find a few people with an expertise in that area.
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Water for People is a non-profit international organization that brings together communities, entrepreneurs, governments - people - to create solutions that empower people to maintain their own reliable water systems and sanitation.
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The one thing you can ask, I think, is that actors get paid a living wage. I would like it if all the repertory theatres that currently exist could do that. It would make a huge difference.
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Yoghurt cuts sweetness and richness, tempers spice, and makes a dish sing.
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There's no regrets for me.
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To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
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'Dhruva' will have them glued to their seats throughout, and I'm sure of that.
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We say that the ICC is targeting Africans, but all of the victims in our cases in Africa are African victims.
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My whole career's been kind of crazy, so you can't really surprise me.
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More people saw the pilot of 'Glee' than saw me in my entire 10-year career on Broadway.
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I was into all of the Pennsylvania teams at some point in my childhood. I would flip back and forth between the Pirates and the Phillies, and I was always a Steelers fan but not much of an Eagles fan. Then I became kind of a band nerd in school, and I went the music route.
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In South Korea, which is a much less conservative environment, politicians do not take their wives around with them as much as their American counterparts do. Showing pride in your wife is thought of as juvenile bad form. There's a special pejorative for people who do it.
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Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat.
