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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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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You see that's what I think is such a terrible, terrible betrayal, the trust that people have in government.
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Death and dying provide a meeting-point between the Tibetan Buddhist and modern scientific traditions. I believe both have a great deal to contribute to each other on the level of understanding and of practical benefit.
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After 'Lindbergh,' my publisher asked whom I wanted to write about next. I said, 'There's one idea I've been carrying in my hip pocket for 35 years. It's Woodrow Wilson.'
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Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to.
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The way out of trouble is never as simple as the way in.
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We in the Negro leagues felt like we were contributing something to baseball, too, when we were playing. We played with a round ball, and we played with a round bat. And we wore baseball uniforms, and we thought that we were making a contribution to baseball. We loved the game, and we liked to play it.
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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.
