Leon Russell Quotes
I had a band with David Gates. There was just a lot of opportunity at that time. But I left for Los Angeles the week after I graduated high school, and I actually left to try to get into the advertising business. That was really why I went out to L.A. My music career was almost an accident.Leon Russell
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What I'm trying to do is save and rescue the country if I can, and I'm doing my best to do it.
Najib Mikati -
I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.
Jack Levine -
Sometimes it was difficult to make friends and be social in school because I was always practicing while other kids were getting together and doing things. But it just made me closer to my family, and I realized that they would always be there no matter what.
Nancy Kerrigan -
Music is a powerful tool in galvanizing people around an issue. There's no better way to get your point across than to put it in a beautiful song.
Ed Sheeran -
I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.
Zora Neale Hurston -
Artists want to be congratulated because they should be.
T. J. Miller
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The thing is, people can't complain about profit-oriented moves if they're only interested in profit themselves. You can't have it both ways. If they're willing to polish up a gift and sell it to make money, they can't really complain about the fact that somebody above them has sold them down the river. That's the way it goes.
Ian MacKaye -
People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life.
Zhang Yimou -
In fact - statistically, as you know - people have done polls, research, and at least 80 percent or more or working media are liberal Democrats if they are involved with any party and certainly liberal in their philosophy.
Pat Boone -
Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
Samuel Butler -
My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.
Washed Out -
I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I'm making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return.
J. B. Pritzker
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Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
There's nothing wrong with being fired.
Ted Turner -
Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.
E. M. Forster -
Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain.
Dalai Lama -
All I really want to do is plays - and that's a New York thing.
Mamie Gummer -
You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
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Composers today get a TV script on Friday and have to record on Tuesday. It's just dreadful to impose on gifted talent and expect decent music under these conditions.
Alex North -
Your hope in my heart is the rarest treasure
Rabia Basri -
I do a little bit of yoga-style meditation. Relaxing and breathing even just one minute a day makes a big difference.
Dolph Lundgren -
And they will tell you unequivocally that if we have a chemical or biological attack or a nuclear attack anywhere in this country, they are unprepared to deal with it today, and that is of high urgency.
Warren Rudman -
I had a band with David Gates. There was just a lot of opportunity at that time. But I left for Los Angeles the week after I graduated high school, and I actually left to try to get into the advertising business. That was really why I went out to L.A. My music career was almost an accident.
Leon Russell