Mark Russell Quotes
Young people, take heart: the older you get, the fewer commandments you will have the strength to break.
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I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
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Let's help those in prison maintain positive connections with their community. If we truly want re-entry to be successful, and we do, people need to come back to a place that still feels like home.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.
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I'm Cuban, so I know a lot of people who act like vampires. But wait, vampires have to be invited to your house, so maybe they are nothing like Latinos!
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Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise.
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I have to protect my family and have a life with them that is completely private.
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I came back out here from England and I was there for a while and it was beautiful and it is just great to see London going from Spring to Summer and Autumn.
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In international relations, in foreign policy, a great deal has to do with historical circumstances, a great deal has to do with the sense and perception of people.
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Ninja is super-ambitious - more than I am.
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The most merciful thing in the world... is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.
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Some economists believe that the Greeks' work ethic and thrift can pull them through. But the classical virtues can do nothing to offset the dearth of innovation that plagues the economy.
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The problem with our role is Americans live in a world of illusion.
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No woman or girl is going to want to spend time looking at pretty dresses on the Internet. Vogue is going to be around for a long time to come.
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Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.
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To act is to rest.
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The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything.
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Every time we give a musician the advice to give away the music and sell the T-shirt, we're saying, 'Don't make your living in this more elevated way. Instead, reverse this social progress, and choose a more physical way to make a living.' We're sending them to peasanthood, very much like the Maoists have.
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But yeah, I played bass guitar in high school and in college and then I actually fractured my thumb, so my bass career went bye-bye.
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I think the rebuilding of the city has to start with the spirit first. So the music, the vibe, the connection spiritually with the artists. Everybody out here is the main key. A lot of people are still in a lot of tough situations. My heart still goes out to the people of New Orleans.
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For me, the virtual choir has taught me that, if anything, the Internet builds these post-national tribes, people finding each other anyway they can.
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Tommy Smothers is a hero of mine.
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Young people, take heart: the older you get, the fewer commandments you will have the strength to break.
