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Meet them halfway with love, peace, and persuasion, and expect them to rise for the occasion.
Van Morrison
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Van Morrison
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 31
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A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous is a perception.
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The trip had become boring. It wasn't exciting anymore to totally be a singer/songwriter because it wasn't working for me.
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I'm very lucky, I'm happy with life because my experiences led me to do what I had to do. I don't have any regrets whatsoever.
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Once you start to analyze it [Joyous Sound], you've completely lost it. That one just came.
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Britain is not the same anymore of course. It's never the same.
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