Russell Baker Quotes
After that father's death I never cried with any real conviction, nor expected much of anyone's God except indifference, nor loved deeply without fear that it would cost me dearly in pain. At the age of five I had become a skeptic and began to sense that any happiness that came my way might be the prelude to some grim cosmic joke.
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When there's no push back against Islamophobic rhetoric, people see that as tacit endorsement of anti-Islamic rhetoric.
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It's always a little bit personal when your work is cut down for whatever reason.
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You know, I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman.
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So long as I'm president, communism will not thrive here.
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An enterprise that is constantly exploring new horizons is likely to have a competitive advantage in attracting and retaining talent.
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I'm trying to expand the notion of curating. Exhibitions need not only take place in galleries, need not only involve displaying objects. Art can appear where we expect it least.
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Thoughts crystallize into habit and habit solidifies into circumstances.
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You can't hold the record forever, and I know that. I'm not stupid.
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If we go to free agency without a CBA, I would say very few teams are going to be in play and be active. If you do have a CBA, there are going to be a lot of teams out there competing for players.
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When you get called the n-word, as a black person you can do anything. It's like getting a gold star in Super Mario Brothers and junk. I hear the music when I hear the n-word. I get right into it; I get really into it. You can do anything. You could be in a fancy restaurant - just start throwing poop at the walls. People be like, 'What are you doing?' 'Someone called him the n-word.
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Shane? Thank God, somebody sane. Well, sane-ish.
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Never trust a theologian who doesn't have a sense of humor.
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One day isn't dramatic, but that was the median. For the more severely ill, the net reduction was three days, and for those treated early, it was 2 to 3 days.
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You can seek advice, learn about the options and make choices that are right for you. Knowledge is power.
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Oh! To be a flower Nodding in the sun, Bending, then upspringing As the breezes run.
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But there are other issues that we have to think about is that the best way to be using our tax revenues? Is it the most efficient way to allocate our resources? And so there are a number of issues that are under study on that.
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Indifference breeds animosity.
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Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.
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It would not be better if men got what they wanted.
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Many atheistic books and blogs seethe with anger. Remarkably, the authors do not limit their anger to Christians. They seem most livid with God. I don't believe in leprechauns, but I haven't dedicated my life to battling them. I suppose if I believed that people's faith in leprechauns poisoned civilization, I might get angry with members of leprechaun churches. But there's one thing I'm quite sure I wouldn't do: I would not get angry with leprechauns. Why not? Because I can't get angry with someone I know doesn't exist.
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After that father's death I never cried with any real conviction, nor expected much of anyone's God except indifference, nor loved deeply without fear that it would cost me dearly in pain. At the age of five I had become a skeptic and began to sense that any happiness that came my way might be the prelude to some grim cosmic joke.
