David Russell Quotes
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First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, how do we make technology work for us, and not against us - especially when it comes to solving urgent challenges like climate change? Third, how do we keep America safe and lead the world without becoming its policeman?
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We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.
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I have been fighting climate change for two decades, and people often ask me how I remain hopeful in the face of extreme weather and grim forecasts. The answer is simple: I see countless solutions spreading across the nation and across the world. But we need more investment.
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A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.
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He rejects the New World Order established at the Cold War's end by the United States. Putin puts Russia first.
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That's the most important thing you do in your life - raise children and try to do the best job as a parent and give your kids the best shot in life to go out there into the big, bad world.
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The Chinese have made a faustian pact with the government, agreeing to forsake demands for political and intellectual freedom in exchange for more material comfort. They live prosperous lives in which any expression of pain is forbidden.
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It simply feels right to me to blend the glittery delights of New York City with a largely raw vegan diet - with the soul-deep conviction that animals are not ours to eat, wear, exploit or experiment on.
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It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.
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To be honest, I've made a game out of trying to live through my James Dean, Janis Joplin, Freddie Prinze, Jim Morrison period, those demons that we all have that we're either successful or not at making work for us rather than destroy us.
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I have two daughters: One an open book, one a locked box. So the question of privacy is a challenging one. How much do kids need? How much should we give? How do we prepare them to live in a world where the very notion of privacy opens a generational chasm?
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Life would be very dreary if there were no magic. If the real world were only that veil of tears, I just don't think could get up in the morning.
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When people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance.
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Awards mean absolutely nothing if you don't get it. If you do get it, they're the best thing in the world.
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I like to tell young people to work hard for your goals and live in the moment.
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I truly believe that everything Sci-fi taught me as a child about an efficient and wondrous world will be happening in my lifetime.
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I really believe the nexus of terrorism and nuclear weapons is the world's most ominous threat.
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I'm a great believer in chaos. I don't believe that you start with a formula and then you fulfill the formula. Chaos is a much better instigator, because we live in chaos - we don't live in a rigorous form.
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Things that are unique and rare will cost a lot of money. Houses in East Hampton and Malibu will cost a lot of money because there just aren't that many of them. The value of sports has appreciated because it's the only thing that people have to watch live.
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Reality doesn't have to be plausible. Reality can be as preposterous as it pleases.
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False language, evil in itself, infects the soul with evil.
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Growth comes through analogy; through seeing how things connect, rather than only seeing how they might be different.
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It's so hard to listen to an album you created and without remembering where you were when you wrote it or referencing the the recording experience.
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We live in a Newtonian world of Einsteinian physics ruled by Frankenstein logic.
