Russell Baker Quotes
Every day and in every way, baseball gets fancier. A few more years and they'll be playing on oriental rugs.
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I think beauty can be everywhere.
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Metro never really wanted me for anything. I was always the one who happened to be free when their first choice was not.
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The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.
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You have to believe that people don't want what you think they're going to like, you know? They want what you like. Once you start doing that, you actually start connecting with people.
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I laugh at what I used to think was cool when I was growing up. In all seriousness, I thought having braces was cool.
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I love reading religious authors. Especially in the sort of circle I move in, people tend to be more secular, and I love reading books by just really smart people of religious faith. It's always a really cool perspective.
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Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
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Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.
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It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.
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When I go into the studio, I completely detach. I let my emotions come out.
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I wasn't an easy, happy-go-lucky girl because I used to think about everything so much, and I think I probably still do.
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The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
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I think one of the most boring things is a person's taste.
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There's going to be a picture of 'Mama' on my obit.
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I've always felt so different from how I look. I meet so many pretty girls who are like, 'Here I am! Don't you want me because I look good?' That concept is so weird to me. I want to know, 'What else do you have going on?'
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In zombie horror, the juxtaposition of the calm world of the living and the menace of the undead inspires terror. In zombie comedy, like 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,' it is played for laughs.
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I love a man who can wear my underwear.
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Music infuses your spirit with a certain energy that I try to convey in my work.
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Baseball always gets credit for the foundational part of masculinity - the father thing. The eternal game of backyard catch, 'Field of Dreams', the Ripkens, the Griffeys, the Bondses, so on. But football is the real paternal game, because it's a conveyor belt of father figures, in the form of coaches.
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I never thought I'd be one of those old hams who favours theatre over everything, but I'm getting that way. Telly and film seemed more fun when I was younger; turning left on planes and washing up in nice places. But there are things that you only learn in theatre.
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People think about, when you sell a million records, "Oh. You must be buying Ferrari's and living in mansions." It was never really like that.
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As I always said, if people wanted to know who James Brown is, all they have to do is listen to my music.
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Every day and in every way, baseball gets fancier. A few more years and they'll be playing on oriental rugs.
