Van Morrison Quotes
Did you ever hear about the rock and roll singer who got 3 or 4 Cadillacs, saying power to the people, dance to the music, wants you to pat him on the back.
Quotes to Explore
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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I think it's important that things are flawed.
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Capitalism is about adventurers who get harmed by their mistakes, not people who harm others with their mistakes.
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Making music is fantastic.
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If I did a talk show, this would allow me to speak on what's happening at that moment. I can be current, and I get to flex my stand-up muscle but stay at home without doing the traveling.
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After 'A Suitable Boy,' I didn't write anything, not even a short story. I thought to myself: 'I ought to start writing.' But I can never force myself to write.
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Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.
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You remember Donnie Brasco? It's the most notorious undercover movie ever; it's so street and so real. If you ever imagined yourself doing cop work, you imagined yourself getting pushed to that limit - seeing the furthest you can push yourself while still upholding the law.
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When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.
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The idea of doing a production of 'Carousel' that doesn't feel like it's stuck in the 1950s really intrigues me.
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The integrity of the federal procurement system needs to be protected so that the public has confidence in government contracts, and small businesses have every opportunity to compete.
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There is no room on the federal bench for a judge who does not treat all people as equal before the law.
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The interesting thing about movies, it's not always - y'know, you have to have structure etc and all those things, but an audience responds, in many ways, we walk away and certain things stay in our heads that are memorable.
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Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.
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Because many of us have been in game shows for some time, there's always someone around who can share a story of Johnny O or Jay Stewart that I never heard.
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Many of the things the slow food people honor were innovations within historical times. Somebody had to be the first European to eat a tomato.
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My judges preach against free love openly, practice it secretly.
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My only personal time is a couple of hours in the gym in the morning.
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Mortal combat corrupts, and war corrupts absolutely.
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I came from a small town in Pennsylvania - where 'style' was whatever was new at the Gap. Being on 'Ugly Betty' at such a crucial time in my life sparked my love for the industry.
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You always end up with too much, so it's good to be part of the conversation about not just what you can omit, but how you are going to do the grammar of the omission, how you make things continue to work when there's something missing. It's your last chance to rewrite.
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Did you ever hear about the rock and roll singer who got 3 or 4 Cadillacs, saying power to the people, dance to the music, wants you to pat him on the back.
