Russell M. Nelson (Russell Marion Nelson Sr.) Quotes
The temple endowment was given by revelation. Thus, it is best understood by revelation, prayerfully sought with a sincere heart.
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Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.
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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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People return my phone calls now, which is really interesting. I'll tell you what I've learned that's kind of bittersweet. So many doors have opened up. I've met everybody in the business. I'm fortunate people want to work with me.
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Why not premiere movies on Netflix the same day they're opening in theaters? Listen to the consumer; give the consumer what they want.
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I learned how to comport myself among trolls, elves, hobbits or goblins. I learned that a friend can be lost to greed and avarice. I learned that solving riddles may be as important a survival skill as bowmanship. I know how to talk to a dragon, and that it's best not to.
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There's a group of people - maybe the secular Taliban is a good name for them - who have morphed this idea, that you have to accept my values being every bit as cherished as your values. That's not tolerance... There are too many things in this world which we sit back and tolerate.
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After a 15-year career in television news, sometimes spent biting my tongue in the name of objectivity and balance, I retired to raise our two small children.
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I was never the girl in high school who had a boyfriend for years. My longest relationship has been 18 months. I've thought maybe I'm really superficial and unable to have a relationship. What I've found is that people are attracted by my independence, and then they try to squelch it.
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I don't think I can sell to our voters in our district that there's nothing to cut in the federal budget. Nobody, I think, sees that or would agree with that.
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When I understand this liability as a trade-off for my strengths, something new and liberating arises within me. I no longer want to have my liability 'fixed'-by learning how to dance solo, for example, when no one wants to dance with me-for to do that would be to compromise or even destroy my gift.
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The nearest way to God Leads through love's open door; The path of knowledge is Too slow for evermore
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Now I lay me down to sleep Knowing that your lenses peep Now I eat my daily bread And into the tape spool I'll be fed
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Truth is a well-known pathological liar. It invariably turns out to be Fiction wearing a fancy frock. Self-proclaimed Fiction, on the other hand, is entirely honest. You can tell this, because it comes right out and says, 'I'm a Liar,' right there on the dust jacket.
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I don't know if I realized that I was funny, but I realized how healing and important humor was in my childhood.
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What is the cruelest thing you can do to someone who is trying to concentrate? Call their name.
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The Industrial Revolution was about making physical things. Many of the manufactured goods that were once tangible objects have now been reduced to bits and bytes of data.
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If we had known that one of those terrorist attacks was coming, could our government have electronically eavesdropped on the attackers without a warrant?
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However, frat-boy humor is funny and it always will be.
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Look for an occupation that you like, and you will not need to labor for a single day in your life.
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It is a truism to say that the dog is largely what his master makes of him: he can be savage and dangerous, untrustworthy, cringing and fearful; or he can be faithful and loyal, courageous and the best of companions and allies.
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The criminal is a creative artist; detectives are just critics.
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Worship with fulness of heart the weak memory of heaven!It cannot traceEither your name or your faceNobody knows you're still living.
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The temple endowment was given by revelation. Thus, it is best understood by revelation, prayerfully sought with a sincere heart.
