Russell M. Nelson (Russell Marion Nelson Sr.) Quotes
Who are we? We are children of God. Our potential is unlimited. Our inheritance is sacred. May we always honor that heritage - in every thought and deed.
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For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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Even as a 10-year-old, I remember trying to explain to my mother and stepfather how upset and frustrated a messy room made me. But they just couldn't grasp it. They wanted me to be playing with baseballs and frogs while I wanted to be scouring garage sales.
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I'm not really a piano player, but I play enough to get away with it.
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If you see a black family, it's looting, but if it's a white family they are looking for food.
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I have never had personal debt and never will.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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Even the most left-wing politicians worship wealth creation - as the political-action-committee collection plate is passed.
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We pay when old for the excesses of youth.
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DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing... At the end of the day, it's up to us to control and to own hip-hop. DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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It's so funny to think that I used to be a model and here I am doing arbitrage, shipping and negotiating margins, the list is endless.
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You're defined by your older brothers' or sisters' music.
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When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.
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When I was really young, the women's national team wasn't on a grand media stage, so my role models were male basketball and male American football players.
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I don't like being lied to.
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There is no other way to change something or someone for the better except to occupy it first. The only person you can occupy is yourself. That is why the only person who can change you for the better is you. Without your decision to change and your commitment to change, you will not change.
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Don't say this is good and that is bad. Drop all discrimination. Accept everything as it is.
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Fools follow rules when the set commands you.
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Knowing something may be a terrible burden to bear, but it holds no danger to them as aren’t afraid of truth.
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Federal elections happen every two years in this country. Presidential elections every four years. And four years just isn't long enough to dismantle all the environmental laws we've got in this country.
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One great worker equals three not-so-great workers, so it's worth paying terrific people not just for today but to find people that we think have upward mobility to become tomorrow's leaders.
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It's just a challenge doing live television every week; you know, it's a challenge to come up with new material every week and stuff like that and try to keep it current, you know what I mean? Like, it's just, you know, it's a kind of a stressful environment.
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I think fans have an outlet. Through social media, you can hear them.
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Who are we? We are children of God. Our potential is unlimited. Our inheritance is sacred. May we always honor that heritage - in every thought and deed.
