#to

There is a growing literature about the multitude of journalism's problems, but most of it is concerned with the editorial side of the business, possibly because most people competent to write about journalism are not comfortable writing about finance. ↗

— Russell Baker

#because #business #comfortable #competent #concerned

Those who remember Washington's cold war culture in the 1980s will recall the shocked reactions to Reagan's intervention. People interested in foreign policy were astonished when in 1985 he met alone at Geneva - alone, not a single strategic thinker at his elbow! - with the Soviet Communist master Gorbachev. ↗

— Russell Baker

#astonished #cold #cold war #communist #culture

Of all the toys available, none is better designed than the owner himself. A large multipurpose plaything, its parts can be made to move in almost any direction. It comes completely assembled, and it makes a sound when you jump on it. ↗

— Stephen Baker

#any #assembled #available #better #comes

People didn't stop spending money, they just spent it on things that complement their PCs. ↗

— Stephen Baker

#just #money #pcs #people #spending

We have newsreaders behaving like actors, lowering their voices if it's a sad story, as if we didn't know it's a sad story. There isn't a single cool newsreader. ↗

— Tom Baker

#cool #know #like #lowering #sad

Actors are able to trick themselves into treating anything as if it's fantastic. It's a kind of madness really. ↗

— Tom Baker

#anything #fantastic #into #kind #madness

I have never described the time I was in Doctor Who as anything except a kind of ecstatic success, but all the rest has been rather a muddle and a disappointment. Compared to Doctor Who, it has been an outrageous failure really - it's so boring. ↗

— Tom Baker

#been #boring #compared #described #disappointment

I used to always be putting my hat on children being photographed and then getting home and discovering I was riddled with lice. That used to happen very, very regularly. I used to get headlice all the time. ↗

— Tom Baker

#being #children #discovering #get #getting

I was never really happy until I became 'Doctor Who'. ↗

— Tom Baker

#doctor #happy #i #never #really

I'm obsessive about the kind of melodrama of getting through the days and trying to make them good and funny and a happy experience. But my feeling towards the fans is that they delivered me from darkness. ↗

— Tom Baker

#darkness #days #delivered #experience #fans