Leon Russell Quotes
Oklahoma was a dry state, and consequently, there was no liquor laws. And I was able to take advantage of that by playing in nightclubs at the age of 14. It was real handy.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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Things that happen in Wyoming are things that wouldn't happen in a big city - we've got bears, we've got a lot of shotguns - in Absaroka County, everybody's got a shotgun in the back of their car!
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If I go into the place in myself that is love, and you go into the place in yourself that is love, we are together in love. Then you and I are truly in love, the state of being love. That's the entrance to Oneness. That's the space I entered when I met my guru.
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The war on drugs has made government more powerful, citizens less free, and hasn't helped users or addicts.
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You can be socially accepted and tell the truth about what it is to be a woman.
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There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble.
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Only a few good leaders have paused to reflect seriously on being leaders.
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The Sino-Indian War in 1962 has fundamentally shaped and distorted Indian attitudes towards China. It also obscured a great deal of what has happened in China since 1962.
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
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When I was seventeen, I worked as a counsellor at a co-ed sleep-away camp for eight weeks. I loved it but it could be harrowing - it was far too much responsibility for someone my age.
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Seth Green, he and I are trying to figure out how this all came about. Because we don't remember what came first, the chicken or the egg, no pun intended. But I don't remember what came first, 'Robot Chicken' or our friendship, because we've known each other for so long.
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A woman's health is her capital.
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Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.
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I'm not going to jump out of airplanes or anything like someone else I know.
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I need to start honing in on projects that I want to devote my time to and not put my energies into the unattainable ones.
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Parsi theater was known for melodrama.
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A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.
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If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
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The first real gig I went to was Randy Crawford in 1980. Seeing a big star like that was just fantastic.
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It sounds bad, but they don't care about your age if you're famous.
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Apparently God takes reception of Holy Communion seriously. Apparently some things are more sacred than politics. Apparently it's all or nothing when it comes to being Catholic.
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Optimism - even, and perhaps especially in the face of difficulty - has long been an American hallmark.
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Oklahoma was a dry state, and consequently, there was no liquor laws. And I was able to take advantage of that by playing in nightclubs at the age of 14. It was real handy.
