Van Morrison Quotes
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The financial catastrophe of 2008 nearly precipitated a calamitous economic depression, jolting America and much of the West into a sudden recognition of their systemic vulnerability to unregulated greed.
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If the television market collapses - and it will collapse - then, it seems, there is too much regulation, and that's not a good thing.
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Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.
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Time is generally the best doctor.
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The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.
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It's a blessing as an artist to express myself - whether that be via dance, via song or via speech - in so many different ways.
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I'm totally a geek.
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I think I'm a pretty well-kept secret.
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If it's a good song, it's a good song. I'll take it.
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I was considered an ugly duckling.
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How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie.
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Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.
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Chicken... I am a black man, we love our chicken, but I don't eat it anymore. My genotype means I don't process it as well as other things. But I eat lamb twice a week; that is a super food for me.
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We need to make clear the federal government does not have authority to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens without due process or, for that matter, to use lethal force on U.S. citizens on U.S. soil if they don't pose imminent threats.
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Cows are gentle, interesting animals.
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Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.
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You can't expect to make no effort. You still have to make the effort and be kind and understanding.
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too; the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time.
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Meditation is a really powerful tool I have for life now. The only reason I know about it is because I was stressing about writing and a friend taught me it. It's been useful.
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Interactions between fathers and children are the starting point of education.
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Therefore, there is nothing more that I can say at this point.
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On 'Paranormal Activity,' it worked to my advantage not to have much of a crew, but on a bigger movie, where you have to work with a larger group of people who basically become your second family for a few months, it can be a great experience. Even though all of my projects are small scale compared to most Hollywood productions.
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The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.
