Van Morrison Quotes

People think I'm eccentric, cranky. If I'm eccentric because I've never been into mainstream things, then I am eccentric.

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• I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.

  

  Fatima Sana Shaikh
  • Know
  • Never
  • Feel

• Whatever good or bad is said by former cricketers is considered gospel. Our media should not blow out of proportion the opinion of former cricketers.

  

  Gautam Gambhir
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Opinion

• When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.

  

  Sally Rand
  • Me
  • Wind
  • Fans

• And in the Second World War, you didn't just read about it in the newspapers because you weren't allowed to read it in the newspapers. It was all censored, you know? So nobody knew what we were doing.

  

  Patrick Macnee
  • World
  • War
  • Doing

• I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.

  

  Randy Quaid
  • Alone
  • Space
  • Creative

• Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

  

  Zora Neale Hurston
  • Learning
  • Purpose
  • Curiosity

• I think everybody understands the fact that the right person will be cast for the role. So it's not theirs really to lose; they're just trying to find the right person.

  

  Hannah Simone
  • Trying
  • Find
  • Right Person

• I make big objects that are simple, bright and clear, kind of ironic but hopefully funny because I love the shapes, and I get inspiration from toys and books, and I believe in art for everyone.

  

  Florentijn Hofman
  • Art
  • Funny
  • Inspiration

• A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Spirit
  • Audience
  • Enthusiasm

• I grew up in war and saw the United Nations help my country to recover and rebuild. That experience was a big part of what led me to pursue a career in public service. As Secretary-General, I am determined to see this organization deliver tangible, meaningful results that advance peace, development and human rights.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Up
  • Country
  • Experience

• You've got to perform in a role hundreds of times. In keeping it fresh one can become a large, madly humming, demented refrigerator.

  

  Ralph Richardson
  • You
  • Times
  • Become

• I'd love to be in a feature film, and I don't just mean in a starring role - it could be a small part. And I would like to act in television, to do comedy and drama.

  

  Barbara Mandrell
  • Love
  • Small
  • Comedy

• I was once invited to attend a private dinner for Senator John F. Kennedy. But it was a Saturday evening, and I passed. Had better things to do.

  

  Jack McDevitt
  • Better
  • Saturday
  • Dinner

• The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin.

  

  Ogden Nash
  • People
  • Should
  • Sin

• I grew up in Decatur, Georgia. We had three boys in the household; actually, it felt like four of us. My pops sort of raised my uncle, too. So, it was four boys and, later, a younger sister.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • Up
  • Sister
  • Three

• At a person-to-person level, I think that there's always something to be said for having some empathy for the folks who really, really disagree with you about a given topic.

  

  J. D. Vance
  • Think
  • You
  • Empathy

• Criticism always seemed to me a lot like police work. You look for clues, fingerprints, motives. You need to construct an airtight case.

  

  Nathaniel Rich
  • Work
  • Police
  • Criticism

• As a television actor, I was held to a tight, rigid structure.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • Actor
  • Television
  • Structure

• Are people behaving as if they believe this is a weak economy? I see no indication of that. In fact, I see the contrary.

  

  Edward Lazear
  • People
  • Believe
  • Economy

• The most beautiful sight this earth affords is a man or woman so filled with love that duty is only a name, and its performance the natural outflow and expression of the love which has become the central principle of their life.

  

  J. G. Holland
  • Life
  • Men
  • Beautiful

• I have never been insecure, ever, about how I look, about what I want to do with myself. My mum told me to only ever do things for myself, not for others.

  

  Adele
  • Myself
  • Things
  • Insecure

• People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to let people know about it.

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • People
  • Know
  • Read

• Yes, it is frustrating to listen to those who foment fear, suspicion and intolerance, who don't know the mistakes of history, and are in the midst of repeating them. Have faith that the character of the American people as a whole is such that, in the end, we will choose not to drink this brand of soiled milk.

  

  Jeh Johnson
  • People
  • Character
  • American

• People think I'm eccentric, cranky. If I'm eccentric because I've never been into mainstream things, then I am eccentric.

  

  Van Morrison
  • People