Van Morrison Quotes

Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat.

Van Morrison

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MusicNameAmericanBeatEssence

If you're not in the business to improve society, you shouldn't be in business.

Joe Kaeser

BusinessSocietyYouImprove

My associate director, Lisa Leguillou, is remarkable: flying around, visiting all the companies. She is truly the unsung hero of 'Wicked'. She has been by my side from day one, and she is invaluable. I frankly don't know how she does it.

Joe Mantello

HeroDayFlyingKnowSheDirector

Just like Lara Jean in my book 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before,' I used to write letters to boys I was in love with - letters full of emotion and longing and also recrimination - but they were for my eyes only.

Jenny Han

LoveEyesBookLovedLettersWrite

I believe that all people that are successful should pay back their cities, their states, their towns, our country.

John Catsimatidis

PeopleBelieveBackCountryPayOur

New Orleans reminds me of Romania because New Orleans is very corrupt politically.

Andrei Codrescu

MeNewNew OrleansCorruptBecause

For me, the real pleasure in writing is in having an excuse to pursue my curiosity about people who have meant something to me.

Robert Gottlieb

PeopleMeWritingCuriosityReal

Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair.

Matthew Arnold

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Studies have shown people listen to TV than watch it.

Tucker Carlson

PeopleListenWatchThanTVStudies

I like a man who has a great curiosity and sense of adventure because that's the way I am. He has to have a willingness to be vulnerable and a willingness to see where the road takes us. And I want a man who is romantic.

Mary Frann

GreatRomanticManAdventureI Am

Well, I think the first piece of music I ever heard that I really loved was 'Salome's Dances' by Richard Strauss. I played that 12-inch, 78 record, and I stood up on an ottoman to play it on a big Victrola and I'd just keep playing it and playing it.

Mike Stoller

MusicThinkLovedPlayFirstBig

He was seriously thinking of becoming a monk. He thought he had to be celibate to maintain the purity of his instrument, but my instrument needed tuning, and we had to split.

Mimi Rogers

ThinkingThoughtSeriouslyPurityHe

The why of why we are here is an intrigue for adolescents; the how is what must command the living.

Lorraine Hansberry

LivingWhyHereMustCommandHow

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