Russell Baker Quotes
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I spend an extraordinary amount of time in my car, so I can justify the expense. That's the only extravagance in my life - it's my car.
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Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
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Cornish wrestling was very different from that in Devon - it was less brutal, as no kicking was allowed.
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It should be no surprise that religion in the non-western world has failed to disappear under the juggernaut of industrial capitalism, or that liberal democracy finds its most dedicated saboteurs among the new middle classes.
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I had my moments when I got very frightened that I would not recover.
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The existing U.N. can be found in the writings of early Communist leaders.
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I really can't believe what a state the Pyramids are in. I thought they had flat rendered sides, but when you get up close, you see how they are just giant boulders balanced on top of each other, like a massive game of Jenga that has got out of hand.
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War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
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The Matrix is top secret. There isn't much that can be said right now.
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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
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When I retired in 1994, I was never tempted to drop down the divisions to carry on playing. In fact, I never kicked a ball again, not even in a charity match.
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There are at least 50 cities in the world that would have liked to obtain the Getty Collection.
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I love developing children as characters. Children rarely have important roles in literary fiction - they are usually defined as cute or precious, or they create a plot by being kidnapped or dying.
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A vile and overbearing temper becomes sometimes, in one long accustomed to the exercise of power, unendurable to those who are subject to its humors.
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My parents are supportive of anything I want to do, as long as it's not bad.
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If I have to be fierce, I'll be fierce.
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It certainly will be if you are still around.
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People think of me and think, 'Ibiza and hippy look.' I'm trying to expand.
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It's not class warfare to suggest that we shouldn't look to seniors and the less fortunate to bear the brunt of deficit reduction. I believe America needs to understand there needs to be a sense of fairness.
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Unlike the Japanese internment, water-boarding was ordered and served up in secret. But it, too, was America's policy, not just Dick Cheney's. Congress was informed about what was happening and raised no objection. The public knew, too.
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I would have to say fantasy RPG and MMOs are my favorite type of games. I love 'Dark Souls II.' That game is so hard and unforgiving; if you beat that game, you have true skills.
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In America nothing dies easier than tradition.
