"Americans like fat books and thin women."

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Russell Baker

#Book Quotes #Usa Quotes #Moral Quotes

“Most men unconsciously judge the world from themselves, and it will be very generally found that those who sneer habitually at human nature, and affect to despise it, are among its worst and least pleasant samples.”
“I wanna be free. Free to scream, free to bathe, free to paint my toes all day.”
“Honesty is the best part of any art form. If you don't have that, you're kidding yourself and your listener.”
“I brought you the truth about our city and the reason we are in it. If you aren't thanking me for it, you should at least do something about it instead of sitting here on this mess you made, pretending it's a throne!”
“There shouldn't be one Sal Khan - there should be 100,000 of them.”
“As music becomes less of a thing--a cylinder, a cassette, a disc--and more ephemeral, perhaps we will begin to assign an increasing value to live performances again.”
“At no time are we ever in such complete possession of a journey, down to its last nook and cranny, as when we are busy with preparations for it. After that, there remains only the journey itself, which is nothing but the process through which we lose our ownership of it.”
“It's no secret that I'm my dad's biggest fan.”

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