Leon Russell Quotes
I would have to say Sam Cooke is the one I admired most. His artistry and vocal, just the way he did it.
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The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider Arab literature also. We deserve that recognition.
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The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs.
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I see myself traveling; I see myself with a much bigger living space than I do have right now. I see myself hopefully on a tour bus at some point.
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I've always been very open with my emotions. Actually, that's got me into a lot of trouble, too, in the past.
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If poetry should address itself to the same needs and aspirations, the same hopes and fears, to which the Bible addresses itself, it might rival it in distribution.
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The future is no more uncertain than the present.
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The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - what a joke. In my district, we caught them lying to us about the results of air quality studies in the Barnett Shale. They are playing with the health and safety of our communities, and we are going to tell them that is not acceptable.
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I love Canada. It's a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land.
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I do not belong to any religion. Everything is between God and myself.
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I don't know how to thank everyone for all their help.
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A glimpse heavenward at a constellation or even at a single star only suggests infinity; actually our vision is limited. We cannot perceive unlimited space; it is immeasurable. The universe, as we know it through our visual experience, is limited. It first came into existence with the formation of matter, and will end with the complete dissolution of matter.
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But bowed his comely headDown as upon a bed.
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I always do like to write love stories, even if they end tragically.
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I'm huge into '90s rap. It's my jam.
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You can't expect everyone to love you. I'm not someone who just wants to throw out hate, just because.
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Working on 'Mad Men' was an incredible experience. It was such an incredible show with beautiful writing and so much complexity.
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I like blue a lot, and greens. Earthy blues and greens.
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It's a pretty crazy adrenaline rush because I feel like every run is different. You can never really expect anything. It's like a new adventure every time you drop into the pipe.
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Black people are just constantly immature in their thinking, undisciplined, and we suffer as a people. This is not about race in the sense that black people got to get something better than whites or Latinos or Asians. This is just basically that we keep complaining about what we don't have and what we can't do, and then, when we get in positions to do stuff, we fight amongst ourselves like savages.
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Many good people serve in Congress. They are patriotic, hard-working, and devoted to the public good as they see it, but the institutional and cultural impediments to change frustrate the intentions of these well-meaning people as rarely before.
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When I get on a roll with something, it's really hard for me to put it down unfinished.
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My private life has nothing to do with my films.
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As soon as you get two actors in a room and they're locking eyes, they're doing a scene.
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I would have to say Sam Cooke is the one I admired most. His artistry and vocal, just the way he did it.
