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What we do belongs to what we are; and what we are is what becomes of us.


Henry Van Dyke

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VAN JONES I'm not a success, I'm a sensation.
VAN CLIBURN An artist can be truly evaluated only after he is dead. At the very 11th hour, he might do something...
VAN CLIBURN These days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new religion a ...
VAN MORRISON If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into...
VAN GOGH Music is spiritual. The music business is not.
VAN MORRISON Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it ...
VAN MORRISON Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what the pur...
VAN HARTMANN There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
VAN MORRISON When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassid...
VAN MORRISON I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought about doing a blues club...
VAN MORRISON hark, now hear the sailors cry,
smell the sea, and feel the sky
let your soul & spir...
VAN MORRISON From the dark end of the street -- To the bright side of the road -- We'll be lovers once again on t...
VAN MORRISON Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what the p...
VAN HARTMANN In order to win you must be prepared to lose something. And leave one or two cards showing.
VAN MORRISON Never before have so many been taken for so much and left with so little.
VAN PANOPOULOS I think that's the best Tina played all year,
VAN CHANCELLOR I hadn't slept a wink in a week. I've never been in a game that meant any more to me than this game.
VAN CHANCELLOR He has a lot of the same skills, just isn't as polished and refined at this point.
VAN COLEMAN [In] I Forgot That Love Existed, ... If my heart could do the thinking/ And my head begin to feel/ T...
VAN MORRISON I write songs. Then, I record them. And, later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. Tha...
VAN MORRISON His sound was stunning -- it was the blues, it was R&B, it was gospel, it was swing -- it was all th...
VAN MORRISON [10.] Cleaning Windows ... Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast.
VAN MORRISON I don't feel comfortable doing interviews. My profession is music, and writing songs. That's what I ...
VAN MORRISON Then let's go to the funeral home. My son was beaten so badly it was unbelievable. We had to close t...
VAN HORN News should be based on facts. If not, it's a show … to damage people, to slander people. That is n...
ANITA VAN I think what the family is doing is terrible. I don't think it's their right to do these things like...
ANITA VAN This just goes to show you that what you want is a lot of people looking for stuff. You want them to...
VAN TURNER