M. Russell Ballard Quotes
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In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.
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You see, I don't draw from life at all, but I do look out of my window a lot.
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I kind of wanna be pro basketball, pro skateboarder.
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A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
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I have received nasty e-mails, messages on Twitter and ridiculous comments, not only about my size, but my family.
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It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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I've always wanted to be someone with credibility, and I want my food to speak for myself.
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I was always looking for evidence of these common musical roots, but I was too young to know that what I was doing was called ethnomusicology.
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Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error.
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Looking out at the ocean, it's easy to feel small - and to imagine all your troubles, suddenly insignificant, slipping away. Earth's seven oceans seem vast and impenetrable, but a closer look tells another story.
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I'm a good audience in general, but it's hard to make me laugh.
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I was a temp secretary for a long time, and I went at it with a passion, and I tried to do a nice job in all my jobs.
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It's important for me to think I'm mixed-race.
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There isn't quite a feeling you get from playing video games that you get when you're playing sports, which is like a sense of euphoria. You just get the satisfaction of doing something active and feeling good after.
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Dissensions between Muslim nations run at least as deep, if not deeper, than those nations' resentment of the West.
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People think that I can just walk into a room and get a job, but of the 200 interviews and auditions I go through a year, I may get three yeses. I just have to use my sense of humour to get me through.
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I am even thankful for the negative things that have made me a stronger and better person.
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I'm fighting hard; I'm training hard. I'm still walking over people and stepping over people to get where I'm going, and I would really like to give back, especially to my mom, who was there for me when I was a kid.
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More and more, I find myself turning away from everything relating to contemporary society. I don't know how healthy it is, but I am creating a very private bubble that I live in.
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AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals.
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Let us get on with creating the democratic and pluralistic society that we say we are.
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