Leon Russell Quotes
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Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that.
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The inspections started in 1991, right after the Gulf War. One of the conditions for the ceasefire was that Iraq had to do away with all of its weapons of mass destruction - biological, chemical and nuclear weapons and long-range missiles.
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All the body wants to do biologically is decompose. Once you die, it's, 'Let me out here! I'm ready to shoot my atoms back into the universe!'
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I'm the most optimistic guy about VR out there. I have crazy visions of what we'll be doing in the future.
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In a city like New York, any night can be completely different, even in a subtle way.
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'Hard Times' does not romanticize the Depression, but at least a few of Mr. Terkel's subjects managed to find silver linings.
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I had a pretty public divorce. They're not easy - divorces - and it took me a long time to really get through.
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Your life continues in those who continue the revolution.
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I want more movies like 'Straight Outta Compton.' Showing our stories of triumph, we'll make it through, and we'll get to something better.
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People do look at it as an insult that I say I don't listen to country music, which cracks me up.
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I think my grandmother saw my potential first. When I was young, I told her, 'I think I should get a job.' She said, 'No, just keep boxing.'
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Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.
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We have international standards regulating everything from t-shirts to toys to tomatoes. There are international regulations for furniture. That means there are common standards for the global trade in armchairs but not the global trade in arms.
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There were eleven publishers in New York City, and when it was all over, I think it went down to four or five, and then finally just the three of them, the Big Three.
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Something my mom and I have always said to each other is: 'We're not here for interviews. We're not here to get your picture taken. We're here to make a difference, and this is our opportunity to.'
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I was adopted into this incredible home, a loving, positive environment, yet I had this yearning, this kind of darkness that was also inside me.
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It's a good thing that when God created the rainbow he didn't consult a decorator or he would still be picking colors.
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You think it matters to the kids whether they're learning to play on a Steinway or a normal piano?
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When I've painted a woman's bottom so that I want to touch it, then [the painting] is finished.
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I was interested in what was really going on in Salem at that time, and I resolved to investigate this seemingly unorthodox treatment of the people and the period.
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Having a female point of view in the room - when you get into a discussion about behavior - who would say what and how they would interact with one another. In certain situations, women are going to have a different opinion on that than men. It made for a really balanced conversation in the room.
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We are a huge country, with different linguistic, religious and cultural backgrounds. Despite our difficulties, we have held together, and that too democratically, which is something few others can boast about. In that sense we are a great role model.
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Apparently I was a Billboard top touring act of 1973, but nobody told me.
