Quote by Russell Baker
When sudden death takes a president, opportunities for new beginni

When sudden death takes a president, opportunities for new beginnings flourish among the ambitious and the tensions among such people can be dramatic, as they were when President Kennedy was killed. – Russell Baker

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Anything that isnt opposed by about 40 percent of humanity is either an evil business or so unimportant that it simply doesnt matter. – Russell Baker

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Business
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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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Age
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Reporters thrive on the worlds misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity. – Russell Baker

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Politics
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Other Quotes from
Death
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Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the most necessary, the most natural matter on this planet is death. – Friedrich Durrenmatt

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Death

Im possibly a very morbid person but I think about death a lot. – Daniel Radcliffe

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Death

I was brought up by very witty people who were dealing with quite difficult things: disease and death… I was brought up by people who tended to giggle at funerals. – Emma Thompson

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Death

It comes with faith, for with complete faith there is no fear of what faces you in life or death. – Jacqueline Cochran

Category:
Death

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Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted. – Deepak Chopra

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When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon. – Thomas Paine

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