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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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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Yes, I was slightly outside everything when I was growing up. My mother jokes that I was exchanged at birth. She brought us up to have traditional values. She was absolutely not part of the '60s generation.
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Chicago is highly segregated, a fact that both causes and compounds the problems we face in bringing an end to violence.
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I'm not a post-modernist. Especially when I do crime stories.
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The reason American cars don't sell anymore is that they have forgotten how to design the American Dream. What does it matter if you buy a car today or six months from now, because cars are not beautiful. That's why the American auto industry is in trouble: no design, no desire.
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I don't agree with Trump on everything.
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I miss that London thing of walking outside and bumping into mates and going, 'Do you want to get a pint?'
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America is a country no one should go to for the first time.
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In everything I've written, the crime has always just been an occasion to write about other things. I don't have a picture of myself as writing crime novels. I like fairly strong narratives, but it's a way of getting a plot moving.
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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.
