Vans Quotes - Page 2

• I went to a rare live Van Dyke show and met him there. And then he came to a show of mine and we spoke back stage. The third time was at Brian Wilson's birthday party.

  Matthew Sweet

  Birthday, Party, Dykes

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• ...but you are too much for them: the weak in courage are strong in cunning; and one by one, you have absorbed and have captured and dishonored, and have distilled of your deliverers the most ruinous of all poisons; people hear Beethoven in concert halls, or over a bridge game, or to relax; Cézannes are hung on walls, reproduced, in natural wood frames; van Gogh is the man who cut off his ear and whose yellows became recently popular in window decoration.

  James Agee

  Strong, Wall, Cutting

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• The terrorists who committed the 2003 Istanbul attacks were locals, that is, Turks. And when filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered in the Netherlands last year, the murderer and his supporters were also part of the Muslim community.

  Otto Schily

  Istanbul, Years, Community

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• Steve Van Zandt, the poor guy, doesn't get to play enough as it is with me hogging a lot of the solos. Steve has always been a fabulous guitarist. Back from the day when we were both teenagers together, he led his band and played lead and was always a hot guitar player.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Teenager, Player, Guitar

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• It had been a wonderful evening and what I needed now, to give it the perfect ending, was a little of the Ludwig Van.

  Anthony Burgess

  Giving, Perfect, Littles

  "Fictional character: Alex". "A Clockwork Orange", www.imdb.com. 1971.

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• On 'Van Halen,' I was a young punk, and everything revolved around the fastest kid in town, gunslinger attitude. But I'd say that at the time of 'Fair Warning,' I started concentrating more on songwriting. But I guess in most people's minds I'm just a gunslinger.

  Eddie Van Halen

  Attitude, Kids, People

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• If Christ can die in a barn, I think the death of a human in a van is not so bad.

  Jack Kevorkian

  Thinking, Barns, Christ

  "Anderson Cooper Tries Out Live Format With Jack 'Dr. Death' Kevorkian". Live chat, www.businessinsider.com. August 16, 2010.

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• Oh yeah, I'm literally walking through my house now looking down and there are maybe, like, 15 pairs on the floor. For real. Real talk. It's just simplicity. They're something I wear every day. Before I got a deal with them, I was wearing some type of Vans all the time. I would just order them by the box, like, 10 at a time.

  Lupe Fiasco

  Real, Order, Simplicity

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• After decades of hauling telescopes around in the back of vans and going up to high altitude locations and so forth, I did finally build an observatory, here on Sonoma mountain.

  Tim Ferriss

  Mountain, Telescopes, Location

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• [on pop idol Donny Osmond] He has Van Gogh's ear for music.

  Billy Wilder

  Life, Music, Sarcastic

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I think, the 'Van Dyke Show' and 'Mary Poppins' are two of the best periods of my life. I had so much fun, I didn't want it to end.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Fun, Thinking, Two

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• All of us involved say 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' was the best five years of our lives. We were like otters at play.

  Dick Van Dyke

  Years, Play, Otters

  "Dick Van Dyke Plays Not My Job". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. October 23, 2010.

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• I was more influenced by players like Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen than by the guys in southern rock bands.

  Dimebag Darrell

  Player, Rocks, Guy

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• I was going to buy a van and move to LA so I could secretly pursue acting without any of my friends knowing.

  Steve Buscemi

  Moving, Knowing, Acting

  "New Again: Steve Buscemi". Interview with Brooke Smith, www.interviewmagazine.com. October, 1996.

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• My wife was the first art collector in the family, and I didn't become interested until around 1973. The first important artwork we bought was a Van Gogh drawing of two peasant houses in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.

  Eli Broad

  Art, Two, Drawing

  "Eli Broad: Blame My Wife". Interview with Sophie Duvernoy, www.laweekly.com. September 22, 2011.

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• If I would have ever dreamed that I wouldn't be in Van Halen anymore and was going to have resume my solo career again, I would have never contributed anything towards my own greatest hits package.

  Sammy Hagar

  Careers, Resumes, Solo

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• It's hard to say this about a guy like Eddie Van Halen, one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived, but he's really limited to a style and they're locked into it.

  Sammy Hagar

  Player, Guitar, Guy

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• I've had many nicknames over the years: V, Nessa, Nessy Poo, Nessy Bear and Van. Only my parents call me Van, though, and I hate it. I get embarrassed.

  Vanessa Hudgens

  Hate, Years, Parent

  FaceBook post by Vanessa Hudgens from Aug 18, 2012

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• You can never deny the immense talent, rock credibility and iconic historical contribution that Van Halen made.

  Steve Vai

  Rocks, Historical, Talent

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• David Lee Roth had the idea that if you covered a successful song, you were half way home. C'mon - Van Halen doing 'Dancing in the Streets'? It was stupid. I started feeling like I would rather bomb playing my own songs than be successful playing someone else's music.

  Eddie Van Halen

  Song, Stupid, Home

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• The name Van Halen, the family legacy, is going to go on long after I'm gone.

  Eddie Van Halen

  Names, Long, Legacy

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• My problem was that I was blond. There were no heroes with blond hair. Robert Taylor and Henry Fonda, they all had dark hair. The only one I found was Van Johnson, who wasn't too cool. He was a nice, homely American boy. So I created my own image. It worked.

  Michael Caine

  Nice, Hero, Dark

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• The Beatles will never get back together and David Lee Roth will never again sing with Van Halen.

  Alex Van Halen

  Together, Van Halen, Get Back

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• When we were on the road, I found out that my greatest hits album went Gold. They freaked out. Things really came to a head when we started arguing about a Van Halen greatest hits package.

  Sammy Hagar

  Gold, Albums, Arguing

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• When I left Van Halen, I went in the studio and made a CD called Marching to Mars with all studio musicians. I did it immediately. With the disappointment riding on my shoulders of the breakup of the band.

  Sammy Hagar

  Breakup, Disappointment, Cds

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