Russell Baker Quotes

It's always seemed odd to me that after a group of terrorists commits a vile and odious deed they rush messages to the public to claim credit for it.

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• Like working families all across the state, we must find a way to make government live within its means.

  

  Ed Rendell
  • Live
  • Government
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• A friend of mine said, no matter what I do I always look like an English teacher. She actually said, you still look like a Campbell's Soup kid.

  

  Kate Clinton
  • She
  • Friend
  • English

• A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together.

  

  Federico Fellini
  • Good
  • Together
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• The data strongly suggest that very good years in the U.S. stock market are followed by more good years.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
  • Good
  • Stock
  • Data

• When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists.

  

  Walter Lippmann
  • Men
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• I was a good bartender. I wouldn't say I was the best bartender in New York, but I could hold my own.

  

  Samira Wiley
  • Good
  • Best
  • New York

• The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • Today
  • Best
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• My first and only experience in baseball, the coach signed me up; he didn't tell me there's a thing called the curveball. I didn't know that. So the ball's coming at me and I start backing out, and then it broke inside. And the umpire says, 'Strike one!' And I'm saying, 'How is that a strike? It almost hit me!'

  

  Magic Johnson
  • Up
  • Experience
  • Baseball

• Earnestness is stupidity sent to college.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • College
  • Stupidity
  • Sent

• In the studio system, things are expected of a film. By the first, second, third act, there's a generic language that comes out of the more commercial system.

  

  Ralph Fiennes
  • Language
  • Act
  • System

• I like ground and pound; I don't know if it is like a technique or discipline. I like to be on the ground, but I don't necessarily go for submissions or anything.

  

  Paige VanZant
  • Know
  • Like
  • Discipline

• I didn't want to be on a major label. I wanted all the attention and the noise to go away because I wanted to be something a little bit more substantial.

  

  Beck
  • Want
  • Attention
  • More

• I don't think I do look like an A-Lister. I'm more interested in being comfortable in my own skin than trying to be somebody I'm not. Gimme jeans, an old T-shirt, cowboy boots and a baseball cap any day.

  

  Nathan Parsons
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  • Day
  • Baseball

• I'm trying to be a loving and caring mother, a loving and caring wife-to-be, a loving and caring daughter, a loving and caring friend, a responsible person. And every day is another opportunity for me to be successful at that.

  

  Lauryn Hill Fugees
  • Trying
  • Mother
  • Opportunity

• He dunked his tea bag and watched the results critically. “I really must get a new supplier. This tea is pathetic. America just doesn’t understand tea at all.

  

  Rachel Caine
  • America
  • Tea
  • Result

• I never want to go back and remix old records, either. If a record sounds shitty, that's just the sound it has. I just take it as part of the music. Some of my favorite bands - their old records sound terrible. But that's just part of the sound. If they were perfect, I'd probably hate them. Same thing with movies.

  

  Rob Zombie
  • Music
  • Hate
  • Perfect

• It's like shock on their face. Because they're like, 'I cannot believe I enjoyed your concert'.

  

  Kelly Clarkson
  • Believe
  • Face
  • Shock

• When I think of that dear rugged cross where the dear Saviour gave his all... When I feel like I'm on my last go round, see me through.

  

  Van Morrison
  • Cross
  • Round
  • Saviour

• You've got to give someone like Cher a lot of credit. She's worked very hard to get where she is. I can't take that away from her.

  

  Sonny Bono Sonny & Cher
  • Giving
  • Hard
  • Credit

• Our strategy in dealing with patents in Mono is the same strategy that any other software developer would take. In the event of a patent claim, we will try to find prior art to the claim of the patent.

  

  Miguel de Icaza
  • Trying
  • Strategy
  • Software

• Once all the Germans were warlike and mean But that couldn't happen again We taught them a lesson in nineteen eighteen And they've hardly bothered us since then

  

  Tom Lehrer
  • Lessons
  • Bothered

• I aspire to be an instrument of the director. I'm happiest like that. The stronger the director, the more I'm willing to give them. It's not just about admiration for their films, it's how they deal with you, and whether they get you or the way you work. If they don't, you better adjust your way of working to suit them. I want to work with people who are good at what they do, and people who are passionate. As you get older, you suffer fools less easily. That's why there's all those cranky character actors. I'm an exception. I'm a sweetheart.

  

  Willem Dafoe
  • People
  • Character
  • Giving

• It's always seemed odd to me that after a group of terrorists commits a vile and odious deed they rush messages to the public to claim credit for it.

  

  Russell Baker
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