Russell M. Nelson (Russell Marion Nelson Sr.) Quotes
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You realise that having a number one record and being loved and adored isn't the most important thing in the world. But at the same time, I don't have a problem with it. What I'm trying to say is, I'm not a reluctant pop star.
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Remain close to government and away from politics. It means deal more with the authorities. And less with individuals.
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Since the commencement of 1830, I had been living with Mr. Joseph Travis, who was to me a kind master and placed the greatest confidence in me; in fact, I had no cause to complain of his treatment of me.
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And being away and not performing for a long time and really connecting with my audience for a long time, I have a great responsibility to myself and to them to do it exactly the way the process was when I was young.
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It's that I wasn't suited to do the kind of comedy that these people were coming to hear - mainstream comedy.
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My experience is that as soon as people are old enough to know better, they don't know anything at all.
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Better try to stay wide awake, or you might end up found dead by the lake.
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No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.
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There is one particular argument that I call our 'ancient war.' If it could be summed up in one phrase, it would be, 'You don't get it. You don't understand what it's like to be me living with you.' There is such truth in that statement. None of us can really appreciate what it is like to be the other person, what that point of view feels like.
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I will laugh at the laughable while I breathe.
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The first time I ever got up on a stage, I did a comedy poem. I don't know how I got there in the first place because I was very, very shy.
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The more games I play, the more I feel comfortable.
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I don't trust what this life has given me.
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Of course I consider myself a Jewish writer - I am one! All of the protagonists in my five books have been Jewish, and I wouldn't be surprised if all my future main characters were as well.
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Have you ever seen people so ugly that you have to get someone else to verify it?
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Networking is all about connecting with people. But then again, isn't that what life is about? The more time you can find to get out of the office and build true friendships, the farther your startup will go. Entrepreneurs need to remember to spend as much time working on their business as they do in their business.
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I've been burn when it comes to my hair that it ain't no joke.
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There are times I try to look older. And then there are times I look too young.
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The greatest of vices according to Buddha is the lazy yielding to the impulses of temperament (pamada); the greatest virtue (appamada) is the opposite of this, the awakening from the sloth and lethargy of the senses, the constant exercise of the active will.
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Let's be honest: we all watch the show at home and play 'armchair' 'Survivor,' inserting our opinions, comments and yelling at the TV screen.
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You want to put out a record that you feel is exactly as you want it. Nobody wants to tour for two years on a record they don't like.
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What's important on a comedy show, or any show, is that some stories have to go somewhere. There have to be ends to the beginnings and middles you create. But sometimes it's like a way station on the highway, then the actual thing doesn't have to be this giant, climactic, life-changing, game-changing thing.
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The surest step toward joy in the morning is virtue in the evening.
