Ray Stannard Baker Quotes
A mob is the method by which good citizens turn over the law and the government to the criminal or irresponsible classes.
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I get up, go and get a coffee, and go do the crossword - I'm loyal to one particular paper, the 'Guardian' - and that's my idea of a perfect morning.
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The doors between the old man today and the child are still open, wide open. I can stroll through my grandmother's house and know exactly where the pictures are, the furniture was, how it looked, the voice, the smells. I can move from my bed at night today to my childhood in less than a second.
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Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.
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Amateurism is the strongest form of discrimination in sports. Because it discriminates against the underprivileged, it discriminates against the poor. If we want sports to go back to the wealthy, let's make it amateur again.
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Vocally, I have learned to find my strength, and my voice has developed a lot since 'Be Here.' I learned to sing with all of my body.
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I really admire paintings that look like an actual snapshot - I think that's just extraordinary.
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I'm a provincial. I live very much like a hermit: reading, listening to music, working in the cutting room, writing, commercial work - which doesn't take up that much time.
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What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause - that I can respond to.
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While I feel it's important for films to examine our society, I don't particularly like watching the films that do it.
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A lovely nook of forest scenery, or a grand rock, like a beautiful woman, depends for much of its attractiveness upon the attendance sense of freedom from whatever is low; upon a sense of purity and of romance.
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A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol.
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A utopian future for the Internet could be secured if the heavy-duty influencers - and the grassroots influencers tweeting along - can create a new global organization peopled with defenders of Internet freedom.
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My father is my inspiration.
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I love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that suits a new character.
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We're not curing cancer, people. I wish we were, but we're not. It's entertainment.
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When you're in N.Y.C. and they shut down one of the bridges, this is a movie!
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It's that I wasn't suited to do the kind of comedy that these people were coming to hear - mainstream comedy.
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I think God's a pretty fair guy.
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As Governor, I will demand that Colorado's government serves the taxpayers of Colorado, not special interest groups and government bureaucrats.
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You either choose this method of passing the evening because you are in each other's confidence, and have secret affairs to discuss, or because you are conscious that your figures appear to the greatest advantage in walking;— if the first, I should be completely in your way, and if the second, I can admire you much better as I sit by the fire.
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A mob is the method by which good citizens turn over the law and the government to the criminal or irresponsible classes.
