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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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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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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When a man wrote a political screed against the IRS and flew into its building, he was deemed mentally ill, even though it was clearly a political act. There's a double standard, which is: If his name is Muhammad, it's automatically terrorism.
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I really looked up to Tina Fey as a writer, and because I did have a background in writing, she is someone whose career I really did admire.
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My transactions are above board: I do not have money deposited in other accounts and have transparently declared all assets. My real wealth is, however, my experience as cofounder of Infosys and as Aadhar Chairman, which gave away 60,000 crore identity cards to people of India as promised.
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Don't wait until you're in a crisis to come up with a crisis plan.
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Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.
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Sports are my favorite. It's the first thing I turn to every day.
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I am a woman who, you know, I run my own business. I don't need a man financially, for anything, but just to be a companion.
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Growing up, I was always in normal public school which is very important in my eyes.
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In America, it is sport that is the opiate of the masses.
