Russell Baker Quotes

A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday.

Russell Baker

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TogetherMoralsChurchBadSunday

I'm a big fan of unflinching drama and bold drama. If you shy away from dark subject matters, there's only certain places for TV drama to go. If there are shows that can break through that and be brave, those are the shows that I personally enjoy watching. I try and do work that I would watch.

Joe Dempsie

WorkBraveEnjoyYouDarkBold

When you have to play a character that seems to be a relatively decent person and seems to be like yourself, I think the trick in that kind of character, so that you don't become a cliche, is to find where their weaknesses are.

Jennifer Beals

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Granger & Co - hits the spot for brunch every single time.

Meghan Markle

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Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.

John Milton

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There's a lot of judges on TV in America. Apart from Judge Judy, the vast majority of them are terrible.

Robert Rinder

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When I was doing stand-up, I was about twenty, and I really think that that's a little too young. I didn't have a whole lot of life experience to draw on.

Steve Buscemi

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It's important to tour with bands that you get along with.

Sonny Sandoval

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I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in.

Smedley Butler

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I started playing golf because I wanted to be good. After a while, you have to come to a decision of, 'Am I good enough or not?' If you say 'yes,' then it's a simple step towards deciding to be as good as you can be.

Tom Lehman

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Eventually my goal is get a place in Ojai where I can have animals and a big garden. Just drink wine all day and hang in my garden.

Michelle Branch

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The government should not be in control of the private sector. You create opportunity, you create business, you create development, you hand it to the investor and start creating something new.

Mohammad bin Salman

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Our dependence on foreign energy sources is our Achilles heel, not just in the realm of diplomacy, but in terms of our future as the world's economic leader.

Judy Biggert

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