David Leonhardt Quotes
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Despite the best of efforts, many foster children are neither reunited with their families, nor adopted.
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Just as the Russians and the Soviets didn't manage to wipe out languages in Lithuania, neither have they managed to wipe out religion to the extent that we had feared.
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I invest in funds myself even though I run my own fund for my daughters.
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A healthy diet is a solution to many of our health-care problems. It's the most important solution.
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Barack Obama winning the election had an instant impact on everything - race relations, national self-esteem, tolerance. It also had an instant affect on 'Frost/Nixon.' At a stroke, instead of being a piece that reminded people of the agony they were in, it became an uplifting message about the agony they had escaped.
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An outsider can see some things much better.
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Once a crowd chased me for an autograph. 'Beat it, ' I said, 'go sit on a tack!' 'We made you, ' they said. 'Like hell you did, ' I told them.
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I realize I’m a free spirit. I like to be happy. I have to have more control of my happiness.
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Remember that the sudden decision to stop fighting, and just go with the flow, can be incredibly releasing. Resistance is just so draining. There is a beauty to gracious acceptance, an energy that leads to peace.
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For the very young, there's nothing better than Mother Goose and anything by Dr. Seuss for the rhythms and language.
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The money doesn't really matter. I've been a multi-millionaire for a long time. My sons are rich.
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These regional series - we need to have them strong to feed drivers to the Truck series. Nothing against ARCA, but NASCAR needs to have their own series be their own streams.
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So many interviews, even ones that I consider really intelligent and good writers, will do the, like, 'Oh, you're not taking your clothes off like Miley Cyrus and all these girls' thing, which to me is just the weirdest thing to say to someone. ... Now when people are like, 'Tell me what you think of Miley!' I'll say, 'What do you think of Miley?' and they'll flounder and say, 'Well, I think she's really talented...' and I'm like, there you go.
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I played on three of Bob Dylan's albums. I have very pleasant memories, especially the Nashville Skyline album was a real fun album to do. He was in a great mood. He was glad to be in Nashville, where the musicians were very laid back and very creative. We had a lot of fun doing that album.
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Anger eats up years faster than happiness, chile. You better get on with your living and forget ’bout that hurt.
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I actually enjoy being on my own, because it allows me to do what I do.
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Much certainly of the happiness and purity of our lives depends on our making a wise choice of our companions and friends. If our friends are badly chosen they will inevitably drag us down; if well they will raise us up.
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You said they had found the secret of happiness because they had never heard that love can be a sin.
