Russell Baker Quotes
I frankly admit to not knowing who I am. This is why I refuse to buy clothes that will tell people who I want them to think I am.
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We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.
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Suddenly you're surrounded by strangers who want something from you. The thing is, they don't know what they want, and you don't know what they want, unless it's an autograph, and you just sort of stand there grinning at one another.
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Everyone's path is really different, and you just have to be in the right place at the right time. 'The X Factor' gave me that chance I needed, that platform.
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I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
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To supply people for ages in camps makes no sense... you have to rebuild that cabana that they rent out to tourists on the weekend. They need help getting their fields repaired and their boats repaired.
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Yoga is a life-saver.
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My mother always told me if you write about life, you will always be in the game. Just don't write songs... write life. I decided to take her up on that.
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I've played so many different parts in the last 40 years.
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When we are unwilling to draw clear moral lines between free societies and fear societies, when we are unwilling to call the former good and the latter evil, we will not be able to advance the cause of peace because peace cannot be disconnected from freedom.
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I think the writing skills of actors are sometimes underestimated.
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Evil report carries further than any applause.
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I hate the fact that people think 'compromise' is a dirty word.
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I started writing about New York as soon as I arrived. I was 19. I used to write short stories and send them out.
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I love high-end designers, but a head-to-toe designer look for me is extremely boring. I've always mixed it up.
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If I could go the ballpark and play the game for three hours and then go home? It would be awesome. But that's not the case.
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One's ignorance is one's chief asset.
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With 'Dazed and Confused,' I got the high school experience I didn't get to have.
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I liked 'Star Wars' as a kid. I liked science fiction.
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The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself.
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Programming is a Dark Art, and it always will be. The programmer is fighting against the two most destructive forces in the universe: entropy and human stupidity. These are not things you can overcome with a "methodology" or on a schedule.
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I've always dressed myself, even when I was younger. My parents didn't pick out my clothes or anything. They let me do that, which I think is an important thing because it allows for kids to experiment and figure out what they like, even at a young age.
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What happens when you're naked is that people get that you're really just a human being. There are parts of it that are pretty appalling, and there are parts that are okay. That's what it looks like. If you can embrace and accept what people look like in the altogether, it's not so difficult to accept them with their clothes on.
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In 2005 in Iraq, the constitution was written. A new government was elected. That government was trying to take office in 2006.
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I frankly admit to not knowing who I am. This is why I refuse to buy clothes that will tell people who I want them to think I am.
