Russell Baker Quotes
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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But, I don't know, the violence, I can't even talk about. We don't do a lot of violent shows. When I started in television, breaking a pencil was a violent act.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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There were points in my life where I felt oddly irresistible to women. I'm not in that state now and that makes me sad.
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My dear, did you ever stop to think what a wonderful bunker you would make?
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I trust no one - that microphone, that book.
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I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.
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I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.
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An estimated 7 million illegal immigrants were residing in the United States in January 2000. This is double the size of the illegal immigrant population in January 1990 and constitutes 2.5 percent of the total U.S. population of just over 281 million.
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If my client calls me and says, 'I'm going to a friend's premiere,' I'll say, 'Come over and let's do something cute.' And I won't bill them for that.
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I never really did any disco dancing.
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Doing comedy is one of the best gifts in life.
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I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.
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I'm certainly relishing the idea of living a century. Can you imagine that? What an achievement.
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I grew up in New York City - I grew up surrounded by every sound that you imagine can come from a New Yorker. All of the different boroughs and all of the different sounds.
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I think Hollywood wants to be safe. The things you do first become your calling card, and I think people just sort of go, 'Well, we know he can do that.' They kind of put you in that hole.
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Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.
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I eat leftover caviar by hand, with baked potato, like peasants.
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Afghanistan can't police its borders, and its neighbors give sanctuary and assistance to insurgents.
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I started off playing sports when I was five years old. I played three or four sports all throughout the year.
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This is what makes sports so amazing, that we can start a discussion around a table, in the newspaper, in the magazines, that will get people's attention. And that's what sports does.
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Everyone knows that Apple crushed Microsoft in the mobile era. But it was exactly the opposite in the PC Wars of the 1980s and 1990s.
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Jesus was not denying the legitimacy of biblical law. On the contrary, He was affirming biblical law. We love God first; God commands us to keep His word; therefore, we must enforce the law on ourselves.
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In America, it is sport that is the opiate of the masses.
