Russell Baker Quotes
A $10 million windfall? At today's prices, I'd feel almost as rich as I did one day in 1936 when I found a dime on the sidewalk and blew the whole wad on 20 Mary Jane candy bars, a box of jujubes, and a double feature.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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If you put up a blog, people can cut out the middle man and get material to you. Which is really helpful because a lot of time there's really cool stuff out there that we just don't see. Because, y'know, the agent is acting in our best interest, but it does sometimes prevent some of the good stuff from getting through.
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The first time I heard Adam Feeney and Chester Stone Hansen's 'Vibez,' it was used in Drake's '0-100' as a sample.
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We've been blessed with four beautiful children. Michael, he doesn't have much of a problem anymore. He is high functional, probably because of early intervention.
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The fundamental goal of Republicans and Democrats is to get themselves re-elected.
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You always know when something works it's a result of everything firing on all cylinders.
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I know that I cannot be with a person for three hours without saying at least ten things that would kill me.
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When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder.
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For me to be with someone, he's got to be fit. Or at least doing something he loves. Following your passion - whether it's hiking or sports or whatever - is super sexy.
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But if you're doing something, show up everyday, and something good might happen - it's not going to happen if you don't show up.
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There is always something about our feeling for beautiful things which can neither be described nor communicated, which is unshared and unshareable.
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As soon as the love relationship does not lead me to me, as soon as I in a love relationship do not lead another person to himself, this love, even if it seems to be the most secure and ecstatic attachment I have ever experienced, is not true love. For real love is dedicated to continual becoming.
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My dream collaboration would be with someone like Bjork, Kate Bush, or even Dionne Warwick.
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I've always found people to be by far the biggest problem-causers in life.
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I think we're struggling with trying to redefine various positions at this point in history. To allow freedom for women, freedom for men, freedom from those sharply defined gender roles.
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If you've given away a sense of your own destiny, you need enormous amounts of hierarchy and protection within the structure to make up for what you've given away.
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I think when it comes to re-signing with an organisation, there's no real compromise if you're trying to move on.
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Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now because we don't have people who have the capability to not only train fighters but also train and create decent respectable citizens of the world.
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More is got from one book on which the thought settles for a definite end in knowledge, than from libraries skimmed over by a wandering eye.
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I hate to travel. I don't go anywhere.
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Do one thing today that scares you - and you already know what that is! - and go do it. Even if you just make one step toward it, it will help you look at the world differently.
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A $10 million windfall? At today's prices, I'd feel almost as rich as I did one day in 1936 when I found a dime on the sidewalk and blew the whole wad on 20 Mary Jane candy bars, a box of jujubes, and a double feature.
