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I'm an optimist. I have always been, and I will continue to be. So I believe there's always a possibility of transforming or changing or doing something different.


Wadada Leo Smith

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LEO DUROCHER It seldom happens that a man changes his life through his habitual reasoning. No matter how fully he...
LEO TOLSTOY Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
LEO TOLSTOY I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.
LEO ROSTEN But every acquisition that is disproportionate to the labor spent on it is dishonest.
LEO TOLSTOY Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?
LEO TOLSTOY There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
LEO TOLSTOY Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.
LEO ROSTEN A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.
LEO ROSTEN I spend some of my time brooding about people who seem addicted to double standards - those who take...
JOHN LEO I was with my mum in the shops, a ladies boutique or something, and I was asked what I wanted to be ...
LEO VARADKAR An actor has to be very, very careful, as one of the most wonderful props - and actors love props - ...
MELISSA LEO I met Roger Ebert at an independent-film awards or something. And he said, 'When I saw you just ...
LEO FITZPATRICK If you can't turn yourself into your customer, you probably shouldn't be in the ad writing b...
LEO BURNETT We want consumers to say, 'That's a hell of a product' instead of, 'That's a hel...
LEO BURNETT The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
LEO TOLSTOY When we sit at the table, there is more going on than satisfying hunger. It is sad to think of those...
LEO BUSCAGLIA