Russell Baker Quotes
Journalism was being whittled away by a Wall Street theory that profits can be maximized by minimizing the product.
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I never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.
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Editing is the same as quarrelling with writers - same thing exactly.
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I remember walking out in front of that crowd, all the parents' faces and the applause, and folding my little self in half and thinking, 'I could get used to this.' And I just never stopped.
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The first time I saw E.T., the actual image of an alien, and he was so sweet-looking. I wanted him. I wanted E.T.
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Even the largest avalanche is triggered by small things.
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Some comics have long routines to get them in the mood - I just prefer to sit down, write out the same jokes in a different order and then have a little prayer that I won't be met by silence.
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If you don't go to a dance, you can never be rejected, but you'll never get to dance, either.
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I've seen the power of the community. A young person can stand up, talk about his dream, and someone from the audience will come forth to help him make that dream come true. Great things can happen when you place the right ideas before the right audience!
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The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation.
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Awards are for young people. They just are.
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He suffered from paralysis by analysis.
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A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
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Once the federal dust settles, whether there is little to spend or a lot, education must continue to be our top priority. We can afford nothing less.
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I write books I'd enjoy reading, I'm the reader standing behind my shoulder.
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You do your bit and then you hope for the best and you think, oh I hope there's an audience at the end of the day.
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The Internet's great promise is to make the world's information universally accessible and useful.
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People never notice anything.
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I love doing concerts. For me, it's the favorite thing I do. I get to communicate with the audience in a direct way.
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For most actors, it's such a struggle to get work. Once they have it, they feel that there's an enormous amount of pressure on them to make it work, and have everyone love them.
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What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real.
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I relax by taking my bicycle apart and putting it back together again.
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Lawsuits prod companies to make their products safer.
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Thirty spokes meet in the hub. Where a wheel isn't is where it's useful. Hollowed out, clay makes a pot. Where the pots not is where it's useful. Cut doors and windows to make a room. Where the room isn't, there's room for you. So the profit in what is, is in the use of what isn't.
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Journalism was being whittled away by a Wall Street theory that profits can be maximized by minimizing the product.
