Russell M. Nelson (Russell Marion Nelson Sr.) Quotes
While we are free to choose, once we have made those choices, we are tied to the consequences of those choices.
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At times, our circumstances call for us to make critical choices to keep our covenants or to compromise them. Covenants should never be compromised, even when at the moment some circumstances might seem to justify it.
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You aren't ill: it is just that you are made of second-rate materials.
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Being an indie queen, people think I have all these choices. Like I've just been sitting around waiting for the best indie film that I deem acceptable.
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It's all about trying to be very careful about what your next role or what your next move is gonna be. It's all about trying to have longevity in this business and make smart choices.
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A lot of times we see choices in front of us, and we limit ourselves by what we see. God wants us to see His way of doing things. And His way is always greater than our ways.
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By the time we've made it, we've had it.
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If I read a script and find it engaging and I start making choices in my mind on how to approach the work, than that's a good indication that it is something worth pursuing.
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I made one untitled piece.
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People get surprised by my choices. But that comes from me looking for something new.
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Men may be way behind in creating choices for themselves, but have actually been quiet supporters of the choices women want for themselves.
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In the real world, answers may not be clear cut. There will be messy choices, and you're not going to be able to construct a policy response in a neat and tidy way. Being able to listen to other people, even as you stay true to your principles, that's how you actually succeed.
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It's all about being flexible, and avoiding choices whenever possible. Choices suck, they are inherently limiting.
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If our main goal is to connect emotionally, we should want to have as many tools as we possibly can to achieve that goal. The more abilities that we have, the more choices we can make musically.
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Progressivism is the belief that we have too much freedom with which to make too many stupid choices.
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You really want to keep ringing the changes - you hope that your work and your choices make people excited about where you're going next and that that might be somewhere unexpected.
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You are going to make choices and decisions that sometimes aren't going to always work in your favor and they are going to upset some other people.
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Love is as strict as acting. If you want to love somebody, stand there and do it. If you don't, don't. There are no other choices.
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We all control our careers. Those choices that you make are so critical.
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I know a girl made of memories and phrases, lives her whole life in chapters and phases.
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The strongest predictor of unhappiness is anyone who has had a mental illness in the last 10 years. It is an even stronger predictor of unhappiness than poverty - which also ranks highly.
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The watch everybody rap about, I have in real life.
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Fundamentally, all writing is about the same thing; it's about dying, about the brief flicker of time we have here, and the frustration that it creates.
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While we are free to choose, once we have made those choices, we are tied to the consequences of those choices.
