Quote by Russell Baker
Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progre

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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What the New Yorker calls home would seem like a couple of closets to most Americans, yet he manages not only to live there but also to grow trees and cockroaches right on the premises. – Russell Baker

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Home
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You can always tell folks from nonfolks. Folks like to feel good, like to smile for the camera when theres a big photo opportunity for a really good cause. – Russell Baker

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smile
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How strange to use “You only live once” as an excuse to throw it away. – Bill Copeland

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The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours — it is an amazing journey — and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins. – Bob Moawad

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I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse. – Florence Nightingale

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No doubt Jack the Ripper excused himself on the grounds that it was human nature. – A.A. (Alan Alexandra) Milne

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For a while I was on the cover of every Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, which was regarded as the pinnacle of success in America. – Elle Macpherson

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