Russell M. Nelson (Russell Marion Nelson Sr.) Quotes
When our hearts turn to our ancestors, something changes inside us. We feel part of something greater than ourselves. Our inborn yearnings for family connections are fulfilled when we are linked to our ancestors.
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I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.
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The great thing about writing is that it has to work without that invisible layer of the reader's added knowledge.
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Economists want their discipline to be a science, and they have nailed down a few precepts, but many of their debates are still clouded by ideology.
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I think Little League is wonderful. It keeps the kids out of the house.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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I made that first record in 2008, alongside the EP, but my label at the time waited three years to release it. They thought maybe someone bigger would buy it, but they didn't, so in the end they just released it themselves.
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
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Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.
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You have to open up on stage.
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I play a lot of instruments. I write all my own music. I spend hours and hours a day in the studio. I'm a producer. I'm a writer.
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There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.
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As long as I'm learning every day of my life, I will never feel old. Never. And I don't feel old; I feel in my head and in my heart - I don't know, ageless!
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I would break a lot of cymbals. You whack the cymbals hard enough, and they will crack in half. Drums are not actually as sturdy as they look. They're actually somewhat fragile instruments.
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Heaven to me is percussion and bass, a screaming guitar and a burbling Hammond B-3 organ. It's a soup I love being immersed in.
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The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
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Even though you were once a goddess, Kalidasa’s heaven was only an illusion.
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Science has heroes, but no gods. The great Names are not our superiors, or even our rivals, they are passed milestones on our road; and the most important milestone is the hero yet to come.
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Kids know me from their Grease DVD, so they instantly respond. You can hear a pin drop when I do my old songs.
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I'd love to have time to do my hair, honestly. I'd love to be Victoria Beckham just for one day - to look that good. But I can't.
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The youth of France do not want a new neo-liberal contract.
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I live in Italy. I visit my family in Switzerland.
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And hearts resolved and hands prepared The blessings they enjoy to guard.
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Great armies are nothing but a collection of weakness.
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When our hearts turn to our ancestors, something changes inside us. We feel part of something greater than ourselves. Our inborn yearnings for family connections are fulfilled when we are linked to our ancestors.
