Van Morrison Quotes
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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When I was 8 or 9, I started using bulletin board systems, which was the precursor to the Internet, where you'd dial into... a shared system and shared computers. I've had an email address since the late '80s, when I was 8 or 9 years old, and then I got on the Internet in '93 when it was first starting out.
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All it takes is one drink to mess with the way you drive - it clouds your judgment and slows your reflexes. Don't take any chances. It just isn't worth it.
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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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Cats and I have an understanding, but we choose not to interact often.
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I actually didn't like Jane Austen. I was more into the Brontes. They were so wild and passionate. I thought there was something a bit tame about Austen.
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I'm from Houston. I think I was thirty-seven before I ever set foot in Dallas, and that was just in the airport. So I've never really been there. Dad grew up in Port Arthur, Texas and all I can ever get out of him is, 'I wanted my first son to be named Dallas.'
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People often ask me whether I believe in God. I haven't seen God. But I think that one's beliefs are one's God - and, in those terms, yes, God is there.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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What I am going to tell you is this: Although it is commonly believed that the War on Terrorism is a noble effort to defend freedom, in reality, it has little to do with terrorism and even less to do with the defense of freedom.
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Inauguration Day is like two ships passing in the night: the new staff moving in while the other walks out, taking one final look at the White House lawn as they leave with their cardboard box of possessions.
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It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh.
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Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.
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From compassion springs humility. The ego is verily a gateway to hell. The person who is egoistic is far from being religious.
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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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Americans call them hillbillies, rednecks, or white trash. I call them neighbors, friends, and family.
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Usually Mexico, or always Mexico has defended itself and its territory.
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I can say with full sincerity that I am happy. I'm happy because I'm doing what I love and I'm not selling out.
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I've been to more racetracks than any other person I've met. Almost every track, missing only a few of the newer ones.
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People put so much effort into starting a relationship and so little effort into ending one.
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I could make a martyrly claim to having been the victim of childhood enslavement when I report that I started regularly cooking with my mother at a hot stove when I was five. But the truth is I wanted to cook. Cooking meant being near food.
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When you're onstage, it's a communication technique when you make people laugh. You're communicating. You're communicating with other human beings and when they laugh you know that you're connecting. Laughing is an honest reaction and it's something that I can trust, and I love that feeling of knowing that I connected.
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Definitely Muddy Waters has been a prime influence for anybody who's ever done anything rock 'n' roll.
