Leon Russell Quotes
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Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
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I was 21 in 1968, so I'm as much a child of the '60s as is possible to be. In those years the subject of religion had really almost disappeared; the idea that religion was going to be a major force in the life of our societies, in the West anyway, would have seemed absurd in 1968.
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Out with stereotypes, feminism proclaims. But stereotypes are the west's stunning sexual personae, the vehicles of art's assault against nature. The moment there is imagination, there is myth.
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A lot of business can be accomplished in the state dinners.
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I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.
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The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.
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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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I have a company called Earl Campbell Foods. I got into the meat business in 1991.
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I drink Diet Coke from the minute I get up to the minute I go to bed.
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I want to lay all my cards out on the table and walk away with no regrets.
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If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.
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I think in life, if you continue to challenge yourself, you can pride yourself in what you continuously accomplish.
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If I manage to get seven hours' sleep, I'm a pretty good parent.
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I know how to wrap my turban a little better now. In the beginning, it was a little weird.
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We are a total of our sum parts, right? I came from a family of very strong women - black women. And if I go back as far as my great grandmothers, there was always that love and the ability to be nurturing. Then I grew up in a household where my father was the one who was more affectionate with me.
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Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.
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I meet everybody. If somebody invites me to their house and they got a drum set close, I'm going to play, man. Let's jam. I don't care. Get in where you fit in and enjoy the experience.
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In fact, I have the privilege of traveling around our country and meeting people all over the country who are making a huge difference in the lives of their neighbors and themselves. That's what I'm really fortunate to be able to do.
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Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.
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I can be incredibly focused, and I can appear impatient. So I've learned to slow down, get to know people, and provide more context. There's nothing wrong with getting to the point pretty quickly, but it's also helpful to give people an opportunity to talk about their work.
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Business books are generally read and written by people who aren't good at business.
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I went around in my teens and early 20s thinking that life was a con trick. I had managed to grow up believing in all sorts of romantic ideas about hard work and justice and truth, and it seemed the real world was much more complicated and shaded than I wanted to believe.
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I am a woman. I write SF. And it's not acceptable to treat me as anything less than an equal. I won't stand for it.
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I'm pretty serious about what I do.
