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Russell Baker is an American writer renowned for his humor and insightful observations. His works cover a range of topics including politics, society, and culture, with his most famous books being 'The Good Government Guide' and 'America: The Growth of a Nation'.

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“Most English speakers do not have the writer's short fuse about seeing or hearing their language brutalized. This is the main reason, I suspect, that English is becoming the world's universal tongue: English-speaking natives don't care how badly others speak English as long as they speak it. French, once considered likely to become the world's lingua franca, has lost popularity because those who are born speaking it reject this liberal attitude and become depressed, insulted or insufferable when their language is ill used.”

Source: There's a Country in My Cellar

“The best advice I can give anybody about going out into the world is this: Don't do it. I have been out there. It is a mess....”

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“Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity.”

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“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.”

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“New York is the only city in the world where you can get run down on the sidewalk by a pedestrian.”

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“The French fried potato has become an inescapable horror in almost every public eating place in the country. 'French fries', say the menus, but they are not French fries any longer. They are a furry-textured substance with the taste of plastic wood.”

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About the Author

Born: August 14, 1925
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 141

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So this is depravityRelated source material

Poor Russell's almanacRelated source material

There's a Country in My CellarRelated source material

All Things ConsideredRelated source material

Growing upRelated source material

Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of MemoirRelated source material

So This Is Depravity and Other ObservationsRelated source material

No Cause for PanicRelated source material

The rescue of Miss Yaskell, and other pipe dreamsRelated source material

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