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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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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'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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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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OK, David. Here we are on the train to Exeter, to the football club of which I am joint chairman, and where we're doing a charity show with Michael Jackson. You and I have both demonstrated some of the hidden powers of the mind and it would be interesting to hear, David, how you explain some of your incredible achievements.
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Freedom and idiots make a volatile mix. And the sad truth is that the idiocy quotient in the general population is alarmingly high.
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Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.
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I always felt Jimmy was trapped in Hollywood. He felt it himself. He loved aviation so much and he wanted to be able to do more of that. He somehow just got stuck here.
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I'm a sensitive guy; I respond to things that make my eyes well up a little bit, or make me root for people. I find the human condition interesting.
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You can tell I have kids right? Just so I don't break out into a Barney tune here in three minutes.
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I'm friends with Elizabeth Banks - she's a great actress but not actressy at all. She's very cool. I adore her.
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Apparently I was a Billboard top touring act of 1973, but nobody told me.
