Van Morrison Quotes
I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought about doing a blues club, so I was the first.
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Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, you're the best.
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Twenty years ago my parents wouldn't know who the X-Men were, and now everybody knows that stuff. It means that deconstruction of the superhero is something you can do. All those movies have led to a point where we can finally have 'Watchmen' with a Superman character who doesn't want to save the world and a Batman who has trouble in bed.
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A dog is a pitiful thing, depending wholly on companionship, and utterly lost except in packs or by the side of his master. Leave him alone, and he does not know what to do except bark and howl and trot about till sheer exhaustion forces him to sleep.
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There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them they could become great singers.
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I drink a fair amount of ramen noodles.
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When you're babysitting a kid, all you're seeing is a version of them, a small dosage.
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I believe that if you eat well, you work even better.
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America, ladies and gentlemen, has done more for me financially than Britain ever has, or ever could have done.
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Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.
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Millions of people are married. I've never picked up a paper and seen a headline that says, Man Gets Married!
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I have my own faith which I've developed. It's non-denominational. I don't even know if it's about God.
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Growing up in the suburbs, I used to listen to punk rock, Brand New, Taking Back Sunday. And no one from my high school listened to it.
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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can't resist the scent of masculine power. Women, by contrast, are said to be more altruistic and collaborative, seeking power so that they can share it with others.
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I enjoy speaking to other women about turning 50, and how we can enjoy it, and how we can explore it.
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You would not believe how much time people waste in a day. And how little time they put into things they genuinely love.
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After seeing 'Big,' I wanted an elevator that opened directly into my apartment, just like Tom Hanks did.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated.
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I know I'm never going to be as successful as my dad, but I get bored doing nothing. I couldn't go from vacation to vacation and have no motivation.
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I thought of learning cinematography, so I assisted a cinematographer for an ad.
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It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.
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We thought we'd have to look for survivors.
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I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought about doing a blues club, so I was the first.
