Russell Baker Quotes

I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens in a hostile world.

Russell Baker

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That's all nonviolence is - organized love.

Joan Baez

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If you look down a barrel of a gun... you don't forget it.

Melvin Van Peebles

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I'm just trying to be the next Trisha Yearwood.

Trisha Yearwood

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Winning the Outstanding Contribution award is great, because you know you have won in advance. Previously, I have been really nervous during the ceremony because you have no idea if you are going to get called up on stage. This time I could relax and enjoy myself.

Tom Jones

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I've always been a gypsy.

Robin Leach

AlwaysGypsyBeen

The simplest way to win in the National Football League is to knock out the starting quarterback. You know, throughout the years, history has proven if your number one quarterback goes down, your chances for success become very limited.

Ron Jaworski

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Some scientists use TeX or LatEX but for most people Word is the thing that writers use these days.

Miguel de Icaza

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I watched the entire O.J. Simpson trial, and he was guilty.

Connie Willis

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My father loved 'Godard and Truffaut.' He was more artsy. My mom loved the 'Bourne' trilogy; she likes big blockbusters. She loved that I did 'I Am Legend.' My passion for acting came with my passion for movies.

Alice Braga

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In the military, I learned that 'leadership' means raising your hand and volunteering for the tough, important assignments.

Tulsi Gabbard

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Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

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Novelists tend to go off at 70, and I'm in a funk about it, I've got myself into a real paranoid funk about it, how the talent dies before the body.

Martin Amis

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