Leon Russell Quotes
I like the Beatles very much, and there are certain things about the Stones that I like.
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I remember teaching a clinic to other coaches, and a guy raised his hand and asked if I had any advice when it came to coaching women. I leveled him with a death-ray stare, and said, 'Go home and coach basketball.'
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Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.
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I'm not a big texter anyway. I'm really slow at it and so I try to avoid it to avoid embarrassment, you know what I mean?
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If you're looking for the safe choice, you shouldn't be supporting a black guy named Barack Obama to be the next leader of the free world.
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You just have to work super hard, and if you have a passion, that's the most beautiful thing in life, and you just have to bust out and do it, baby!
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There's also the tradition of voodoo, the Haitian magic arts, in New Orleans. And because New Orleans is below sea level, when they bury people in New Orleans, it's mostly above ground. So you have this idea that the spirits are more accessible and can access you more easily because they're not even buried.
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I am the despair of my accountant; I am the plastic bags of receipts.
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Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.
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Neither Aristotelian nor Russellian rules give the exact logic of any expression of ordinary language; for ordinary language has no exact logic.
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I seem to get into situations that make people laugh, but I don't consider myself that funny of a person. I'm not witty. I'm kind of slow in conversations. I'm not that articulate with jokes. The first time I made stuff and screened it for an audience, I was surprised what people were laughing at.
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Man, an animal that makes bargains.
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I got what I needed out of Princeton in 1 year, and I didn't think it was useful.
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The English are always degrading truths into facts. When a truth becomes a fact it loses all its intellectual value.
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I have no need of your God-damned sympathy. I only wish to be entertained by some of your grosser reminiscences.
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I've have a number of violent tics. With Tourette syndrome, there's not just compulsive actions, but compulsive thoughts as well. That used to scare my mother a lot.
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I think it's the people who have no doubt that every word they put down is gold that probably don't write very well.
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An epic is the canvas Brian DePalma paints on.
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We watch so many TV shows and movies about jaded or corrupt policemen, we forget people join the police force to do good, and they really care about that.
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I know how to write a movie. I know how to direct a movie.
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Children don't just play any more - they're far too busy learning to fence and taking extra French classes. In the end, you're actually doing more damage to your children by trying to hot-house them. It's far better to remain a calm parent.
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When it comes to federal elections law, Tom DeLay and his special-interest friends live by one set of rules, and everyone else lives by a very different set.
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I like the Beatles very much, and there are certain things about the Stones that I like.
