Van Morrison Quotes
When you start to analyze [rock 'n' roll], it's only because you don't understand it. You're just not connecting with it once you have to start analyzing it.
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You do not need to have a 2,400-page bill come out of Washington, D.C.
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I think all chefs who pursue great flavor have good ethics.
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The vampires in the 'VAMPS' series judge each other as harshly as they judge humans, and basically, vampires don't get along very well. So you've got a culture that's from cradle to grave like the worst high school you've ever been in.
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I don't do fake. That's the first thing you should know about me. I'm not one to put on airs or change my demeanor depending on where I am or who I am talking to.
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I like being my age. I kind of have a political thing about it.
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Whether I sound like Sammy or not is purely coincidence. You have got to hand it to him, he sings his ass off. There is no moss on that stone.
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I always tell audiences when I talk about writing: Writing isn't something I do; writing is something that I am. I am writing - it's just an expression of me.
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We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.
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Being a pop star is something I don't think I'm very good at. I'm worried it's making me too paranoid, because all of a sudden, life has become this constant assessment. When you put something out there and people get to hear it, then those people react to it, socially, culturally.
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These days... it's all vanilla sex for me.
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If there was a way to discourage trash constitutionally, I would sure as heck take a hard look at it. I don't think there is. So I don't think there's a choice here.
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I've grown up by the beach all my life, and I almost get anxiety if I haven't been swimming for a couple weeks or a month. It kind of builds up, so I try and get out as much as possible.
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I am so excited to extend myself behind the scenes as a designer and to - as my father puts it - finally have a real job.
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A lot of things have been thrown at me in life, and I've got through it all without a rule book, taking it one day at a time.
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We have to honor our commitments to today's beneficiaries, but we can't solve the growing deficit and debt problems unless we are smart, courageous, and sensible in planning for future.
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I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
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God's blessing has been on America from the very beginning of this nation, and I believe God isn't done with America yet.
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I only hope to do well enough before I die to have a house as big as my rich Uncle Ed and Aunt Carole.
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I had a cat called Dizz, after Dizzy Gillespie.
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People aren't born racist.
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People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life.
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Stop exposing your children to danger by sending them to throw bombs and stones at soldiers and civilians.
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Novelists get to say plenty in their massive tomes; rock singers only get four-minute songs with two verses and a chorus' worth of lyrics, and so there's a real pleasure in accessing the intelligence behind the music, even if it doesn't qualify as 'great literature.'
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When you start to analyze [rock 'n' roll], it's only because you don't understand it. You're just not connecting with it once you have to start analyzing it.
