Leon Russell Quotes
I make records all the time. But making records is not quite the same as getting them to the audience.
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
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I personally don't like to rehearse so much. I really sort of trust my instinct.
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A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal.
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Live every day as if it's going to be your last, and one day, you'll be right.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.
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Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.
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I won't leave any unfinished manuscripts.
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I liked very much when we lived in Hampstead. We would go for walks on the Heath. I liked it better than living in the centre of town.
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If you put too much pressure on the Palestinian Authority, it will collapse - it will disappear - and Israel will have to formally re-occupy the West Bank and assume responsibility for the Palestinians there. The United States doesn't want that. Israel doesn't really want that.
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Design is a tool that either allows us to create new markets or disrupt existing ones.
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The third-down sacks are critical ones, 'cause that's getting off the field.
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While the United States has largely been missing in action from the diplomatic game, the European Union and Iran have been making progress at developing a formula that would lead to the suspension of Iran's nuclear enrichment program and the start of serious negotiations.
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I don't want to be on anyone's board. I just want to have good investments.
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I met a woman who went through a very difficult personal crisis, and she was really bed-ridden for a long time, and 'Friends' got her through. I met a woman who had a brain injury while living in Europe, and 'Friends' got her through.
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I'm lucky enough that directors sometimes seek me out for little projects that people don't even know about, that just surface later on.
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People think stars never have any problems or cares. That's bull. Why would we show any more than one mask to the public. There's a whole lotta things I've done that I don't want to think about. But I bring it all right out when I need it for a role.
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My conception of my ideal reader has expanded quite a lot as I've matured: Ultimately when I think of my ideal reader, it's someone who's not sitting down with the intention of automatically arguing with the book: somebody who's going to give me enough slack to tell my story.
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The tone of good web writing grows out of email. It's more direct, personal, colloquial, urgent, witty, efficient. It doesn't waste your time. It reflects that engagement, responsiveness, and haste of web surfers, as opposed to the more general passivity of print readers.
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In high school I spent most of my time in jeans and T-shirts or Juicy sweats. We're such a laid-back town. I mean, people wore bikinis under their clothes half the time, so you didn't really get dressed up to go to school.
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We have got some mountains to move. Three billion people - half of God's children - are living on less than $2 a day.
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When you win in straight sets, where is the challenge?
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Those who believe they can't repel the positive; they use the negative side of their talisman. Those who believe they can repel the negative; they use the positive side.
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I make records all the time. But making records is not quite the same as getting them to the audience.
