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Russell Baker Quotes

Newspaper people, once celebrated as founts of ribald humor and uncouth fun, have of late lost all their gaiety, and small wonder.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: August 14, 1925

Topics

Humor Fun People Small Late Wonder

A make-up artist I know polished her Oscar and it lost its lustre. But if you don't polish it, it doesn't tarnish.

You Artist Lost Know Her Polished

Nearly two weeks have passed since Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast, and while we are still dealing with the tremendous devastation - and will be for quite some time - we are also seeing increased signs of recovery and help in our region.

Time Help Seeing Will Two Recovery

Reform is not a one-night stand.

Stand Reform One-Night

Every day, we hear that somebody got saved to our music from all over the world. The music reaches people. It can encourage them. I feel like I have to do it because there's somebody out there who needs to hear the gospel.

Music Day People World Feel Over

It may take a village to raise a child, but not every villager needs to be a mom or dad. Some of us just need to be who we are.

Child Mom Village Need Take May

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required.

Stephen Leacock

Good Courage Ride Horse Forty Take

I'm on the rise and whatnot, but I'm not the man to say, 'All right, world, here's grime.' It's gonna take me, Skepta, JME, Novelist and Lethal Bizzle, to say, 'I'm sick, he's sick, he's sick, he's sick'. Not one man can do it.

Man Me World Sick Rise Say

Any actress will tell you - it's really hard. If you're not an A-list Hollywood movie star, if you're in the middle, there are people who assume you wouldn't do certain things without even asking you, when actually you probably would. And there are people who always think you are busy doing something else.

Martine McCutcheon

People Busy Think Doing You Will

Sooner or later, we will face a catastrophic threat from space. Of all the possible threats, only a gigantic asteroid hit can destroy the entire planet. If we prepare now, we better our odds of survival. The dinosaurs never knew what hit them.

Space Face Better Survival Possible

To kill a man is not to defend a doctrine, but to kill a man.

Michael Servetus

Man Defend Doctrine

I love writing for and about women. In my whole career I have.

Love Women Writing Career Whole

I think there's this idea that the depth of an actor's performance is built on tough times or horrible events or isolation, but I never found that. I figured that my imagination coupled with the story can get me anywhere.

Milo Ventimiglia

Tough Times Imagination Me Isolation

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