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The early commentators who put down the pre-presidential Roosevelt as an empty-headed young lightweight, all ambition and no talent, now seem comically wrong to a modern book-reading, movie-going, television-watching, legend-loving American public conditioned to think of him as one of the presidential giants on the order of Washington and Lincoln. ↗

— Russell Baker

#american #american public #commentators #conditioned #down

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

#among #beginnings #death #dramatic #flourish

Land bridges were everywhere during the extinction, many species were spreading, and there were many diseases. ↗

— Robert T. Bakker

#diseases #during #everywhere #extinction #land

When looking at the evidence of feeding on large prey, you can see every size tooth from hatchling to adult in one spot. The babies may have been fed in the nest until they were full grown, like in eagles and hawks. ↗

— Robert T. Bakker

#babies #been #eagles #every #evidence

As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings - not run across the street and ask what my mother thinks. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#artist #ask #feelings #i #interpret

I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from negating or limiting my freedom, is, on the contrary, its necessary premise and confirmation. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

#beings #confirmation #contrary #equally #far

The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

#earth #first #god #heaven #long

A lot of the television industry is so cookie-cutter. In general, there are so many shows that are easy and bland to watch. You can tune in at any time and know exactly where you are in the story arc because it's pretty much the same every week. ↗

— Adam Baldwin

#arc #because #bland #easy #every

Where I am right now I'm pretty good at. You know, I understand that there's a problem. I'm addressing it. I'm doing the work that I have to do. ↗

— Daniel Baldwin

#am #doing #good #i #i am

The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#begins #being #conscious #educated #education