Russell M. Nelson (Russell Marion Nelson Sr.) Quotes
Because of our sacred regard for each human intellect, we consider the obtaining of an education to be a religious responsibility.
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It's just my natural way - to be funny. I don't know why that is. But as I've said, humor is a quick cover for shock, horror, confusion. The critics hate funny writers for the most part. They think funny is not serious, but I think that funny can be even more serious than nonfunny. And it can be more affecting, too.
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My message to the kids and our fans is hockey's a great game. There's a lot of hockey being played at all levels. Get involved, do it. We will be back and we will be back better than ever and hopefully as soon as possible. Don't give up on the game. It's too good.
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I believed or thought I was disoriented and the victim of a bizarre dream and I believe I paced in and out of the room and possibly into one of the other rooms. I may have re-examined her, finally believing that this was true.
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I think less than people think I do about politics. I care about writing.
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To get into Afghanistan, I bribed my way into a camel caravan of smugglers.
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I was not really as good as I should have been.
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Al Qaeda has overplayed their hand. What the al Qaeda do when they go into a town or village or a neighborhood inside a major city is they get a stranglehold on the people themselves. They force the men to wear beards and the women to be properly costumed and essentially completely covered up.
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I can never sit still. I wanna hurl myself into life.
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You shouldn't go around the world behaving ruthlessly when you don't have to. Sometimes you do have to. There is only so much pie to go around. If you're going to take more than your fair share of pie, as socialists would look at it, then someone else is not getting his. That means you've got to take it away from them.
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There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.
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In principle... no government in the world can accept an armed terrorist group, some of them coming from abroad, controlling streets and villages in the name of 'jihad'.
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One of the things that Ang brings to all of his projects is his deep sense of being a double exile, an outsider's outsider.
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I was one man and I tackled a big railroad. I did the best I could.
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'We are not a debating club,' Franklin said. 'Our goal is to get at the truth, where that is possible.'
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To disband the armies and destroy the forts, to diffuse love and brotherhood, and peace and justice in the place of war and strife, could tend only to the buidling up of character, the elevation of the soul, and the strength and well-being of the state.
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I'll always be a fan of ol' stray dogs and guitars playin'.One room churches, back road walks and front porch swingin'.Sunset skies, bonfire nights, I love the simple things.That's how I'll always be.
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As long as I can play at a certain level, that's what I'll do.
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Trust is built with consistency.
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In the end, most women get the type of man they dress for.
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No matter how unreasonable others may seem, I am responsible for not reacting negatively. Regardless of what is happening around me I will always have the prerogative, and the responsibility, of choosing what happens within me. I am the creator of my own reality. When I [review my day], I know that I must stop judging others. If I judge others, I am probably judging myself. Whoever is upsetting me most is my best teacher. I have much to learn from him or her, and in my hearts, I should thank that person.
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I used to be a print reporter.
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Man is the only creature whose emotions are entangled with his memory.
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I'm a fully paid-up member of the human race.
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Because of our sacred regard for each human intellect, we consider the obtaining of an education to be a religious responsibility.
