Russell Baker Quotes
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I do not regret the part I have taken in a cause so just and interesting to mankind.
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When I was governor, I was looking for a way to unify our state. I realized music is about the only thing that unifies Tennessee.
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A fly cannot go in unless it stops somewhere; therefore weapons, fuel, food, money will not go to Afghanistan unless the neighbors of Afghanistan are working, are cooperating, either being themselves the origin or the transit.
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Sports of every sort had always appealed to me.
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Only 10 percent of the people in the U.S. like dry wines. You shouldn't get down on people just because they like a little sugar.
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No connection to the average voter - Clinton has an air of superiority. Despite her wide smile and pleasant appearance, she is envisioned as someone who is trying to hide something all the time.
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I'm a songwriter, and I understand artistic licence. We can embellish, go on little journeys and explore our inner selves. It can be quite self-indulgent.
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If you want to strengthen an enemy and make him exult - hate him.
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My future daughter is not going to go through what I did.
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A man never becomes an orator if he has anything to say.
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on goods that may be used for humanitarian problems in Iraq.
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Midnight passes and I'm twenty-five days and a million years from becoming a man.
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Often the most loving thing we can do when a friend is in pain is to share the pain-to be there even when we have nothing to offer except our presence and even when being there is painful to ourselves.
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Taking sides is the beginning of sincerity, and earnestness follows shortly afterwards, and the human being becomes a bore.
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Working with women survivors of war has taught me that we need to listen to women's perspectives on war in order to understand how to effectively rebuild a country, a community and a family.
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Historical awareness is a kind of resurrection.
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I know that with perfect play, God versus God, Fritz versus Fritz, chess is a draw.
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Faith is personal if it's to be real.
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What is Death, so it be but glorious? 'Tis a sunset; And mortals may be happy to resemble The Gods but in decay.
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I feel that if you made your writing too contrived to meet the market, it wouldn't be any good.
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It was Queen Elizabeth who made me a foreign correspondent.
