Ogden Nash Quotes
Hark, hark! the larkOn windswept barkFreezes against a sky of lead!Now see him stop,Take one small hop,And suddenly keel over dead!
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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Desire creates its own object.
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I'm painfully middle class.
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The truth is that the history of Mexico is a history in the image of its geography: abrupt and tortuous. Each historical period is like a plateau surrounded by tall mountains and separated from the other plateaus by precipices and divides.
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Western man is schizophrenic.
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And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted.
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If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.
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I feel like you just need to keep writing until the writing itself just begins to take shape.
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Before you are interviewed for the job you want, try on the complete outfit you intend to wear.
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You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for.
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There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.
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Country fans and country listeners deserve to have something better... a song that really has something to say, something that makes you feel something.
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There's always pressure, from other people and yourself. If you're happy with the looks you're born with, then what are you going to do your whole life? We keep thinking up new things and finding better ways of doing things because we're not happy with what we're given.
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I loved seeing my mom put her own twist on years-old family recipes and also create new dishes. This made me develop a passion for cooking at a young age and would eventually inspire me to prepare meals and host wonderful family dinners.
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My mom is a sculptress.
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Sometimes I can see the whole painting from the outset in my mind's eye. But more often than not, that idea doesn't last the duration of the painting. Sometimes it comes out easy, just as I had envisaged. But that is reasonably rare.
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Rockefeller viewed his philanthropy through the lens of his business, and it really mirrored the Industrial Revolution. It was highly centralized, it was top down, it was based on experts, and it was big-picture.
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I am never more or less motivated for a fight - it's always the same.
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I won't change and my perspective won't change. I want to continue my life the way I live it, and I'm not going to let anything stop me from doing that. It isn't all about acting. There's a lot more to life than Hollywood.
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They may be lies But say that we'll be alright If we stay tonight
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Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father's expectations or make up for their father's mistakes.
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Hark, hark! the larkOn windswept barkFreezes against a sky of lead!Now see him stop,Take one small hop,And suddenly keel over dead!
