Ogden Nash Quotes
Marriage is the only known example of the happy meeting of the immovable object and the irresistible force.
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I've spent so many years talking about poverty and economic justice, I'm strongly tempted to get biblical. Jesus' teachings are so radical; they're just insanely generous and apocalyptic. Christians become more fascinated by the dead Jesus. They don't like the living Jesus.
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If I'm playing with Ozzy it's just a guitar thing. But with the vocals I feel like I'm studying for the SATs.
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Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
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My father insisted that I and my sisters not be indoctrinated into any religion at any age.
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Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
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I work eight hours a day, but I'm not writing all that time. I'm thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of.
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You do not have to dramatize everything. In fact, you usually can't, not without ending up with a half-million-word novel.
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Pakistan is not a rogue state, but it harbours and covertly supports rogue elements. While war is not the answer, hard or coercive diplomacy could be.
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No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist.
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I've been playing old parts forever. I play 93 quite often. When you've done it more than once, you take the hint. I think it's a great burden if you're one of those fantastic stars who've always been beautiful; then I think it's hard.
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Every change in a team can turn into an opportunity for players to show themselves.
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I grew up in a high school where it was very conservative, and I felt like people disapproved of me, and I felt like an outsider.
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Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
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If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
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As I went to college, I went into radio and television. Now I suppose most people think that's one step ahead of basket weaving as a major in college, but it was part of the journalism department.
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I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'
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Your plays are always personal. You can't help seeing yourself in the serial killer you've just written. But they get less specifically personal.
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I'm a huge Wonder Woman fan - I have about 12 coffee mugs at home!
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Jobs are what give people a sense of fulfillment and self-reliance.
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It's fun leading this offense. I don't think we've hit our peak.
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I was never really obsessed with the whole guy thing to begin with.
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I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I've found them to be real smart and good workers.
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I say my greatest strength is my speed, and I think that I could use some work on my concentration.
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Marriage is the only known example of the happy meeting of the immovable object and the irresistible force.
