Quote by Russell Baker
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Few expected very much of Franklin Roosevelt on Inauguration Day in 1933. Like Barack Obama seventy-six years later, he was succeeding a failed Republican president, and Americans had voted for change. What that change might be Roosevelt never clearly said, probably because he himself didnt know. – Russell Baker

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Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things. – Russell Baker

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Inanimate objects are classified scientifically into three major categories — those that dont work, those that break down and those that get lost. – Russell Baker

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Rereading A.J. Liebling carries me happily back to an age when all good journalists knew they had plenty to be modest about, and were. – Russell Baker

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The only way to change is to vote. People are responsible. – Paul Wellstone

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Being ready isnt enough you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change. – Pat Riley

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Change your life today. Dont gamble on the future, act now, without delay. – Simone de Beauvoir

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You cant stay the same. If youre a musician and a singer, you have to change, thats the way it works. – Van Morrison

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