Russell M. Nelson (Russell Marion Nelson Sr.) Quotes
It is important for you to know who you are and who you may become. It is more important than what you do, even as vital as your work is and will be.
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I am happy that I have entertained people and made them happy.
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People still say to me, 'What, you still live in Mexico?' I don't have to go to the United States simply to find work, and I don't have to stop what I'm doing. I mean, which Hollywood film beats 'The Motorcycle Diaries?'
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I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the grave is not myself. That which is myself will go elsewhere. Earth, thou art not my abyss!
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Who can love to walk in the dark? But providence doth often so dispose.
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I want to re-mythologize 'The Green Hornet' in a contemporary context, with an emphasis on story and character, while at the same time incorporating themes that speak to my heart.
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I hate government. I hate power. I think that man's existence, insofar as he achieves anything, is to resist power, to minimize power, to devise systems of society in which power is the least exerted.
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The Internet is the best thing that could have happened to China.
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At the door of every happy person there should be a man with a hammer whose knock would serve as a constant reminder of the existence of unfortunate people.
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I'm grateful I know what it's like to be unemployed for long periods of time.
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The Internet offers the ability for people to consume poison and radicalize entirely in private, either through a device they're holding in their hands or inside their house.
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What matters is that there is somewhere for those who are troubled, threatened or afraid to turn to in their darkest hour. What matters is that there are those who are willing and able to use the law as an instrument of inclusion, of protection, and of freedom.
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Maybe the real subject of every interview is how you really can't learn much of anything about anyone from an interview.
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If Republicans truly are dedicated to the sanctity of life, they should be the first ones on the front lines trying to get policies for the uninsured.
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With the exception of 'Descent,' that was a very conscious thing to make an action or horror movie that was an all-female cast because I hadn't seen anything like that before.
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So the animal finally performs in that situation only the fitting act.
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I'm a huge cinemaphile. My interest in filmmaking came out of experimenting with different genres, and I wanted to go back to working in a way that was more personal, which, for me, was artwork. Commercials and films are more collaborative.
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Not all series books are sagas. Some are shaped more like beads on a string, separate episodes held together by a set of characters, who may or may not grow and change as the series continues.
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I've always been a loner.
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Global warming is not just the greatest environmental challenge facing our planet - it is one of our greatest challenges of any kind.
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We show our sympathy with slavery by emancipating slaves where we cannot reach them, and holding them in bondage where we can set them free.
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They've got plastic Christmas trees now. They're hard to tell from the real aluminum ones.
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The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.
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It is important for you to know who you are and who you may become. It is more important than what you do, even as vital as your work is and will be.
